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Showing 641650 of 773 articles for Art. 212–226

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-4

I.-Any financial investment adviser must become a member of an association responsible for monitoring the individual professional activities of its members, representing them collectively and defendin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: National harmonisation

Article A212-40

The national harmonisation provided for in article R. 212-10-18 is based on:-the regional directors of youth, sport and social cohesion, who are responsible for drawing up regional schedules of prereq…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 7

Public prosecution of crimes shall be barred after twenty years have elapsed from the day on which the offence was committed.Public prosecution of the crimes mentioned in Articles 706-16,706-26and 706…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R327-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 212-3-3 if it: 1° Provides proof, through the composition of its deliberative and governing bodie…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: European professional card for mountain guides

Article R212-94-2

In the case referred to in 1° of article R. 212-94-1, in which France is the host Member State, the application for a European professional mountain guide card, accompanied by the required supporting…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12

Approval derogating from some of the technical specifications required under article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-1

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events, and that proposes by its articles of association to combat racism or to assist victims of discriminatio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal against the decision of the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-10-3

At the initiative of the representative of the State in the department, the mayor of the municipality in which the site is located, the president of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishmen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Calculation for marketing in the form of videograms

Article 211-28

Sums are calculated for the marketing by sale or rental in the form of videograms intended for the private use of the public of cinematographic works for which production approval has been granted. Th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports instructor" speciality

Article A212-47

The "sports educator" speciality of the vocational diploma for youth, popular education and sport is organised into subject areas or multi-disciplinary areas defined by decree. In the case of a multi-…

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