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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to installations

Article A322-125

During public opening hours, access to storage areas for equipment, tools and products used to maintain the facilities, forage and manure, and veterinary products must be secured and suitably signpost…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 A

I. - As from the first financial year opened after 31 December 1983, for crop production, income in progress consists solely of advances to crops which are entered, at their cost price, in the incomin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Organisation of the territorial criminal investigation departments of the territorial directorates of the national police force

Article A35-1

The headquarters and jurisdiction of the territorial judicial police departments of the territorial directorates of the national police are determined in accordance with the following table: DIRECTION…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the digitisation of procedural documents

Article A53-8

Any procedural document in digital format may, if necessary, be printed out by the magistrates and registry agents assisting them, the national police services, the national gendarmerie units, the off…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Surveillance and rescue organisation plan

Article A322-16

All permanent or casual staff of the establishment must be familiar with the surveillance and rescue organisation plan, transmitted in accordance with the conditions set out in article D. 322-16. The…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-24

The walls and bottom of the pools are light-coloured to enable the supervision and emergency services referred to in article D. 322-16 to be organised. When the turbidity of the water in a pool is suc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article A743-6

An agreement is signed between each commercial court registrar's office and the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. Any contractual stipulation contrary to the standard clauses set out in the Annex 7-…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 10: General provisions

Article A212-167

The qualifications and diplomas recognised as having prerogatives equivalent to each of the levels of the "brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif" are listed in appendix II-10 to this code. The exemptions…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sporting events on public roads or roads open to public traffic not involving land motor vehicles

Article A331-5

The competent administrative authority issues a declaration receipt to the organiser when the application is complete, no later than three weeks before the date of the event. If necessary, it will sen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Overseas departments

Article 1043 A

In the department of Guiana, the rates of stamp duty provided for in this code are reduced by half. The same reduction shall apply to the rates of registration duties and land registration tax, except…

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