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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

…NSHolders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level State Cer…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-2

I.-Where the contract expressly states that the option referred to in 2° of article L. 131-1 does not apply to the beneficiary, the notice sent by the contracting party to the beneficiary informing hi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment service providers

Article L773-29

…Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-9 with the exception of 4°, 5° and 6° of its VAct no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 532-9-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-10 to L. 532-12Order no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment service providers

Article L774-29

…Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-9 with the exception of 4°, 5° and 6° of its VAct no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 532-9-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-10 to L. 532-12Order no.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-154

I.-The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall fulfil its obligations in terms of pharmacovigilance and participation in European Union activities in this field.The N…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…s, mutualist certificates mentioned in articles L. 322-26-8 of the French Insurance Code and L. 221-19 of the French Mutual Code and parity certificates mentioned in article L. 931-15-1 of the French…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-2

…ghway Code is replaced by a locally applicable reference having the same purpose;14° In Article L. 2191-1, the words: ", local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings" are deleted…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-2

…ghway Code is replaced by a locally applicable reference having the same purpose;14° In Article L. 2191-1, the words: ", local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings" are deleted…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210-0 A

…set contribution transactions that do not fall within the scope of Council Directive 2009/133/EC of 19 October 2009 on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, partial divisions…

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