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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-14

…amental sports skills; 10° Sport for health; 11° Social and professional integration through sport; 12° Promoting inclusion and developing physical and sports activities adapted to people's particular…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-1

…aning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 creating a general framework for securitisation and a specific framework for simple…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L141-2

…economic and financial control by the State, without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 251-12 of the French Commercial Code. The contract establishing the Agence de Développement Touristique…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter B bis

…sement à risque, provided that there is no arm's length relationship, within the meaning of Article 12 of Article 39 of this Code, between the companies and these companies or funds. These companies m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 A

…f Article 291.The import declaration means the customs declaration, within the meaning of Article 5(12) of the Union Customs Code, including for the trade referred to in Article 1(3) of the same code.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

…udicial police agent may request any person authorised under the conditions laid down by article 16-12 of the Civil Code, without it being necessary for this person to be registered on a list of judic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Inspections

Article L513-23

…ecific Controller.The controller ensures that the company complies with articles L. 513-2 to L. 513-12. He verifies that the contributions made to a société de crédit foncier comply with the purpose d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…delegate; 11° Employee representative mentioned inarticle L. 662-4 of the French Commercial Code ; 12° Employee representative on the board of directors or supervisory board of public sector undertak…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-3

…y rest. This paragraph also applies to establishments other than those mentioned in article L. 3132-12 for their employees who work in the sales area of an establishment located in one of the zones me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-1

…raph of I of Article L. 5134-1 and in the services mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 2112-1 and in Article L. 2311-4 . In a protocol as part of coordinated practice as provided for in art…

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