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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1-1

…xing the list of diplomas acquired up to 31 December 2015 and in the table attached to the order of 9 March 2020 fixing the list of qualifications previously listed inAnnex II-1 to Article A. 212-1 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article R754-7

…the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-4No. 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-5no. 2023-369 of 11 May 2023R. 313-10n° 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-12…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HV

For the assessment of corporation tax, cash subscriptions, made from 1 January 2023 until 31 December 2028, to the capital of approved capital companies, subject to corporation tax under the condition…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 231-1

…d aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain ca…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Selective financial aid

Article 232-23

…d aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-1

When a couple or an unmarried woman wishes to have recourse to preimplantation diagnosis under the conditions set out in article L. 2131-4-1, at least one doctor from the multidisciplinary team of the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to ski lifts.

Article R342-23

…nts within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC ; d) Production of the safe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-7

…ations provided for by Article 706-53-6 and paragraph 2 of II of article 216 of law no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 ;-date of execution or end of execution of the sentence or measure;where applicable, da…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 412-1

…d aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain ca…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO ENTRY INTO FRANCE

Article L821-2

…hen crossing the border from a country that is not a party to the Convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 without fulfilling the entry conditions provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 201…

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