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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-90-2

…cant's complete file or of the opinion of the Minister for Sport for the activities mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 212-91 and for the activity of mid-mountain guide. This period may be extended…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L814-10-2

…epresentative professional body or the President of the National Council of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives. II.-The national commission mentioned in article L. 814-1 seats as a d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-24-10

…nt is a natural person, the applicant's surname, forenames, profession, domicile, nationality, date and place of birth and, where applicable, the company's unique identification number; if the applica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Opinion of the college and compensation offer

Article R1142-63-30

…is attributable to the prescription of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pregnancy and on the liabilities incurred. For each head of loss, it specifies the circumstances, causes, natu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-9

…e passed the technical examination, by joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister responsible for the Budget, on a proposal from the Director General of Public Finan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-105-2

…olds exceed 100 million euros for the balance sheet total or 100 million euros for the net turnover and 500 for the average number of permanent employees during the financial year, the report of the i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-10

The sports association or company mentioned in articles L. 122-2 and L. 122-12, in conjunction with the sports federations, professional leagues and organisations representing professional sportsmen a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-9

The organisation responsible for the course will issue the employee with a certificate stating that he/she has attended the course. This certificate is given to the employer when the employee returns…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis O

…taking into account in particular the results of official controls carried out in the establishment and the self-checking and traceability measures it implements, within the meaning of Article 27 of R…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis T

…taking into account in particular the results of official controls carried out in the establishment and the self-checking and traceability measures it implements, within the meaning of Article 27 of R…

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