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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-5

The owner of the sports stadium must attach to the application for approval any document that the Prefect deems necessary to inform the Departmental Safety and Accessibility Advisory Committee and, wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-83

In all cases, the actual payment of the variable part of the remuneration, including the part deferred pursuant to Article L. 511-82, takes into account the financial situation of the credit instituti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Term and end of office

Article L2316-11

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 2316-10, a branch agreement, a group agreement or a company agreement, as the case may be, may set the term of office of the employee representatives on th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deferral of paid leave

Article L3142-123

In the event of termination of the employment contract, the employee will receive compensation for the paid leave entitlement carried over. These provisions do not apply when the employer is required…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-6

The provisions of articles R. 211-21-1 to R. 211-21-5 do not apply in the cases mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 211-14 and to the persons mentioned in articles R. 211-22 and R. 211-23.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-8

In the event of the withdrawal of authorisation from a foreign undertaking by the supervisory authority of its registered office, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall withdraw th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-2-4

Where insurance and reinsurance undertakings use external credit assessments for the calculation of prudential technical provisions and the Solvency Capital Requirement, they shall, as part of their r…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-12

The decision to award a grant is taken after receiving the opinion, depending on the case, of the Commission for Aid to Innovation in Fiction or the Commission for Aid to Innovation in Animation, afte…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-34

In the event of a dispute or difficulty of interpretation as to whether an audiovisual work belongs to a given genre for inclusion on the list of reference works, the President of the Centre national…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable in the event of termination of the contract

Article R2191-31

In the event of termination of the contract giving rise to entitlement to compensation, if the parties fail to reach agreement on the amount of compensation within six months of the date of terminatio…

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