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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Permanent resident card

Article L426-4

At the expiry of the resident card provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10, L. 423-11, L. 423-12, L. 423-16, L. 424-1, L. 424-3, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-1, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 4…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

…official allowance.III. - For the application of article L. 1621-2:1° The words: "articles L. 2123-11-2, L. 3123-9-2 and L. 4135-9-2" are replaced by the words: "Article L. 2123-11-2";2° After the wo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-10

…e résolution shall comply with the obligations to file the declarations provided for in I ofArticle 11 of Law 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on transparency in public life. No member of the Supervisory B…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-57

…of the assets, rights and obligations or an internal bail-out taken pursuant to sub-sections 10 and 11 of this section, greater losses than those it would have incurred if the person had been wound up…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-318

…of the same code, the Corsican agricultural and rural development office referred to in article L. 112-11 of the same code and the agricultural development office for overseas departments referred to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 A

…292:1° The valid identifier provided for in article 286 ter or, where the exemption provided for in 11° of II of article 291 applies, that mentioned in the same 11°;2° Where applicable, other informat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Acquisition of rights

Article D5151-14

…nt;10° For reservists in the national police civilian reserve mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 411-7 of the Internal Security Code, a continuous period of commitment of three years, giving rise to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-1

…ng events may be required to provide a security service under the conditions set out in article L. 211-11 of the French Internal Security Code.In order to contribute to the safety of sporting events,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-129-2

…L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3 as well as issues of preference shares referred to in articles L. 228-11 to L. 228-20 must be the subject of specific resolutions. Within the limits of the delegation gra…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Explanations provided to the borrower and assessment of his creditworthiness

Article L341-27

…to his needs and financial situation on the basis of the information provided for in Article L. 313-11 ; or 2° Without having, in disregard of article L. 313-12, warned the borrower of the specific ri…

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