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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-8

If the funds referred to in article D. 214-80 are marketed by several distributors, the information on marketing and distribution costs given in the key investor information document, the fund rules,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-8

The school is administered by a thirteen-member Board of Directors, assisted by a Steering Committee. It is headed by a Managing Director.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-83

…sports company it has set up which enables young sportsmen and sportswomen over the age of fourteen during the year of their enrolment in the training centre to benefit, on the one hand, from sports t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-86

The application for approval is submitted to the relevant sports federation by the sports association or company to which the training centre is attached.The federation submits applications for approv…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-84

The approval referred to in Article L. 211-4 is granted when the criteria defined in the specifications are met. The specifications are drawn up by the relevant delegating federation and sent to the M…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-85

The specifications mentioned in article D. 211-84 define the following criteria: 1° The level of competitions in which the professional team of the association or sports company it has formed must par…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D323-8

Establishments classified as Tourist Residential Villages must display a sign on the outside of communal premises, in accordance with a model drawn up by the body mentioned in article L. 141-2 and app…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-8

…d for the remaining period of the initial classification decision if, following an adversarial procedure initiated by the body referred to in Article L. 141-2 following a complaint, the operator fails…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D311-8

In the month following receipt of the complete application for classification, the body mentioned in Article L. 141-2 takes the decision to classify the property in the category for which the assessin…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D325-8

Establishments classified as holiday villages are required to display a sign on their frontage in accordance with a model drawn up by the body referred to in article L. 141-2 and approved by order of…

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