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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R133-12

To be eligible for appointment as director, candidates must in particular: 1° Be French nationals or nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the E…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions under which the administrative authority may implement a decision taken by another Member State of the European Union or a State with which the Schengen acquis applies

Article R615-2

…ty of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation, where this decision is based:1° On a serious and present threat to public order or national security and taken by one of these St…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article R432-6

…Prefect shall set up the residence permit commission provided for in article L. 432-14 by an order:1° Recording the appointment of the local elected representatives mentioned in 1° of the same articl…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: The region

Article L131-4

…al council, one or more delegates from each departmental council, as well as members representing : 1° Consular bodies ; 2° Each departmental tourism committee or similar body; 3° Tourist offices and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Application for aid.

Article R5522-57

…be sent to the Prefect before the professional project is carried out. It is accompanied by a file: 1° Proving that the applicant belongs to one of the categories listed in the aforementioned article;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to non-compliance with disqualifications imposed on service providers

Article L775-39

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Transactions in precious metals and foreign banknotes

Article L353-6

It is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for any person to fail to comply with the obligations imposed by articles L. 342-1 to L. 342-3 in respect of transactions in prec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Deductions.

Article L3251-2

…d the sums that would be due to the employer may be provided in the case of the following supplies: 1° Tools and instruments necessary for the work ; 2° Materials for the care and use of the employee;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific procedures applicable to occupational health professionals, occupational health and prevention services and occupational health services in agriculture, providing enhanced individual monitoring of a worker exposed to ionising radiation

Article R4451-88

…4451-82 is carried out, with regard to the temporary employee, by the user undertaking defined in 1° of article L. 1251-1. The occupational physician of the temporary employment undertaking is infor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts

Article R4321-8

…and provided that a doctor can intervene at any time, the masseur-physiotherapist is authorised : 1° To carry out vertebral elongations by mechanical traction, using manual or electrical means; 2° P…

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