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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and missions

Article R211-1-2

The Minister for Sport exercises the powers devolved to the Minister for Higher Education and the Academic Regional Rector by articles L. 711-8, L. 712-8, L. 719-4, L. 719-5, L. 719-7, L. 719-8, L. 71…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-2

The Selection Board is chaired by a category A official. If the chairman is unavailable, he may be replaced by a category A official. In addition to the chairman, the selection board is made up of : -…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2-1

I.-An employer who posts one or more employees, under the conditions set out in 1° and 2° of article L. 1262-1 and article L. 1262-2, must submit a declaration, prior to the posting, to the Labour Ins…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-2-1

I.-Any person who engages in or assists in the rental of furnished tourist accommodation subject to article L. 324-1-1 of this Code and articles L. 631-7 et seq. of the Code de la Construction et de l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22-1

Where the European arrest warrant is issued for the purpose of executing a custodial sentence or detention order, its execution may be refused where the person concerned did not appear in person at th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-2

I. - French issuers whose equity securities or debt securities with a nominal value of less than 1,000 euros and which are not money market instruments, within the meaning of Directive 2004/39/EC of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Cross-industry agreements.

Article L2232-2-1

The recognised representativeness of a category-based trade union organisation affiliated to a category-based trade union confederation in respect of the employees it is statutorily entitled to repres…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R*211-19

A joint order of the Minister of the Economy and Finance, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Transport sets the form in which the docume…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Aid for specific purposes

Article L3232-1-2

As an exception to article L. 1511-2, the département may, by agreement with the region and in addition to the latter, participate, by means of subsidies, in the financing of aid granted by the region…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-10-2

Once the agreement of the State representative provided for in article L. 4433-10-1 has been obtained, the adopted draft regional development plan is subject to a public enquiry carried out in accorda…

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