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French Sports CodeIn force
PRELIMINARY TITLE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article L100-1

…e development goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted on 25 September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly. The practice of physical and sporting activities is an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-22

…ss and its parameters are specified in Articles 241 and 242 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Mixed associations composed of communes and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or exclusively public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5843-1

…2 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5711-3 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5711-5 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015II. - For the application of Article L. 5711-1, the words "of Chapters I an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-4

…tions that comply with the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 quinquies A

…s established:1° After deduction of the amounts mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 612-18 of the same code;2° After integration of the amounts mentioned in the fifth paragraph of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-19

The issue price of shares issued under the conditions provided for in Article L. 232-18 may not be less than the par value.In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-4

…d 3° of Article L. 6211-4 and Titles II and IV of this Book, with the exception of Articles L. 6222-18-2, L. 6222-34 and L. 6222-36-1 which apply; 3° When the theoretical part of the apprenticeship tr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-20

Where the information relating to the right of withdrawal has not been provided to the consumer under the conditions set out in 7° of Article L. 221-5, the withdrawal period is extended by twelve mont…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-19

…ating federations by this section and by Articles L. 222-7, L. 222-11, L. 222-15, L. 222-16, L. 222-18, L. 222-19, L. 311-2 and L. 331-4 to L. 331-7 may be exercised, for a specific period and with th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 7: Professional liability.

Article R211-35

The insurance contract taken out pursuant to b of II of Article L. 211-18 covering the pecuniary consequences of the professional civil liability incurred by travel operators may not derogate from the…

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