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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12-2 a

Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in Franc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12-2 b

Documents required to renew the declaration of activity for nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area established in France Declaratio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

ISSUES FOR WHICH PROPOSALS FOR APPROPRIATE LICENCES ARE SUBMITTED TO MINISTERS I.-Minister responsible for national education -Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED) when it provides, on beh…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12 (art. A212-176)

DECLARATION BY PERSONS WISHING TO TEACH, LEAD OR SUPERVISE ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL OR SPORTING ACTIVITIES OR TRAIN PARTICIPANTS IN RETURN FOR PAYMENTTo be submitted to the Direction Départementale de la…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-12 (art. A322-43)

RIVER CLASSESCLASS I. EASYCLASS II. MODERATELY DIFFICULT(free passage)Regular course, regular waves, small eddies.Irregular course, irregular waves, medium eddies,small eddies and rapids.Simple obstac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12°c: Trust

Article 1133 quater

Subject to the provisions of Article 1020, deeds recording the formation, amendment or termination of a trust contract or recording the transfer of additional property or rights to the trustee are sub…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12°: National parks

Article 1045 bis

(first paragraph disjoined)Acquisitions and exchanges of real estate located in the heartlands of a national park made by the public establishment of this park are exempt from registration duties and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12. Development tax.

Article 1679 octies

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Notice

Article R5121-148

The presence of an information leaflet for the user in the packaging of any medicinal product or product is compulsory, unless the information referred to in article R. 5121-149 appears directly on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Notice

Article R5121-147

The marketing authorisation holder must comply with the good package leaflet practices established by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits…

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