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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-18 a (art. A322-96)

…n autonomous group: mastery of PA-40 + PN-C skillsProficiency in the use of equipment, gas analysis and cylinder markingMastery of stabilisation, ascent speed and communication with your team-mateMast…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Disputes relating to the conduct of electoral operations

Article R2122-98

The time limits set by articles R. 2122-93, R. 2122-96 and R. 2122-97 are calculated and extended in accordance with the provisions of articles 640, 641 and 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Compulsory sale of seized assets

Article A444-21

…service Fee 93 Certification of completion of sale advertising formalities 37.23 € 94 Verification and removal act 56.38 € 95 Act of inventory and removal of goods placed in a safe 56.38 € 96 Minutes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Payment to finance mobility services

Article D2333-92

…to finance mobility services are subject, as regards its liquidation, payment, collection, control and litigation, to the same rules as those applicable to the social security contributions they pay,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

I.-The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book VI of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

…e loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 1424-1 is automatically substituted…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-121

…berations taken by the meetings in violation of articles L. 225-96, L. 225-97, L. 225-98, the third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 225-99 and the second and third paragraphs of I of article L. 22…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Erection, dismantling and lifting of frameworks.

Article R4534-99

If the devices provided for in articles R. 4534-96 and R. 4534-97 are not installed, or if work platforms or any other similar devices suspended from lifting equipment are not used, the following shal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-98

Subject to the limits and conditions defined in the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the limits defined in articles R. 214-96 and R. 214-97 do not apply to units or shares of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article L4414-4

The Ile-de-France region benefits from the allocation of the share, set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, of the proceeds from the increase in the tariff of police fines relating to road traffic, in ac…

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