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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of sporting events with no timekeeping, no ranking and no pre-set timetable

Article R331-8

…erior and the Minister for Sport sets out the composition and procedures for submitting declaration forms.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-39

…nised. Their course includes, at regular intervals, calm zones with support points. When the course forms a closed loop, an area is set aside to allow swimmers to exit the river. The course and its di…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the European Company.

Article L2354-1

…the appropriate level may decide to abolish or to adjust the operating conditions, possibly in the form of a redefinition of their national scope of intervention, of the employee representative bodie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the company resulting from the cross-border transaction

Article L2374-1

…the appropriate level may decide to abolish or to adjust the operating conditions, possibly in the form of a redefinition of their national scope of operation, of the staff representative bodies whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Documents provided to the judge.

Article L3171-4

…rovide the court with evidence of the hours actually worked by the employee. On the basis of this information and that provided by the employee in support of his claim, the judge will form his opinion…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-5

A person undergoing psychiatric care, whether or not in the form of full hospitalisation, on account of a mental disorder, retains all his rights and duties as a citizen at the end of such care, subje…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-63

…sented or have made use of the postal voting option. Failing this, a new meeting is convened in the form and within the time limits prescribed by Article R. 322-59; this meeting deliberates validly re…

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

Article 212-40

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The aid is paid in two instalments. The first instalment, which may not exceed 50% of the total amount of the grant, is paid when the grant is awarded. The ba…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Award procedures and conditions

Article 411-69

…budget allocated to it.The grant is awarded in addition to the pre-production funding, of which it forms an integral part and whose rules it follows.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 721-4

…r legal persons who are nationals of States other than European States, when they are set up in the form of commercial companies.

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