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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-1

…end a declaration to the labour inspectorate of the place where the service begins. A decree shall determine the information to be included in this declaration. The conditions under which the client o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-124

The following are automatically entered in the register:1° Measures of incapacity or prohibition from exercising a commercial or professional activity, managing, administering or directing a legal ent…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R361-2

…pplication of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° References to the Prefect are replaced by references to the State representative in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-1

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

Any association recognised as being in the public interest, which has been duly registered for at least five years at the date of the events and which proposes by its articles of association to defend…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: TERMINATION OF THE RIGHT TO MAINTENANCE

Article L542-2

Notwithstanding Article L. 542-1, the right to remain on French territory ends:1° As soon as the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons has taken the following decisions:a)…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-2

I.-The following constitute a travel service: 1° The carriage of passengers; 2° Accommodation that is not an integral part of the carriage of passengers and that does not have a residential purpose; 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-1

…mic growth. In this capacity, it defines macroprudential policy and carries out the following tasks:1° It ensures cooperation and the exchange of information between the institutions that its members…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-2

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is responsible for :A.-In the banking, payment services and investment services sector:1° Credit institutions ;2° The following personsa) Invest…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1783 A

…Article 119 bis, of 1 and 2 of Article 187 and of 2 of article 1672 and those of the decree which sets the terms and conditions for their application give rise to criminal proceedings brought on the…

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