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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R156-2

…artments of the high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia; 4° References to Article R. 221-11 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles and articles R. 221-15-1 to R. 221-15-9 of the sa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

…nt. Number of employees Number of members Monthly number of delegation hours Total delegation hours 11 à 24 1 10 10 25 à 49 2 10 20 50 à 74 4 18 72 75 à 99 5 19 95 100 à 124 6 21 126 125 à 149 7 21 14…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with the exception of articles R. 1131-3, R. 1131-7 to R. 1131-8, R. 1131-13 to R. 1131-18 and R. 1131-20-5 and subject to the adaptat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-10

…s referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 526-9 and the second paragraph of article L. 526-11 of this code, including transmission to the tax authorities 6.69 € 67 Filing of the annual balanc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-10

…o:1° The establishment project ;2° The contract and agreement mentioned in II and III of article L. 114-16 ;3° The annual activity report drawn up by the Director;4° The organisation of the centre and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-7

…linked to the cessation of professional activity, in particular those mentioned in articles L. 137-11 and L. 137-11-2 of the French Social Security Code and those mentioned in 3° of article 998 of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105-1

I.-Notwithstanding Article 11, the Paris Public Prosecutor may, for investigation or inquiry proceedings falling within the scope of Article 706-72-1, communicate to the State services mentioned in se…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-12

…10° One person nominated by the Fédération nationale de la propriété rurale or its representative; 11° One person nominated by the Centre national de la propriété forestière or its representative; 12…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-2

…421-51R. 421-55 and R. 421-56R. 421-58 to R. 421-60R. 422-1 to R. 422-5R. 422-7 to R. 422-9R. 422-11 and R. 422-12R. 423-1 to R. 423-5R. 424-1R. 424-4R. 424-7R. 424-11R. 425-1 to R. 425-8R. 425-10 t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Principle of free administration

Article D1111-8

For the application of Article L. 1111-11:1° An investment operation corresponds to a set of acquisitions of tangible fixed assets, work on tangible fixed assets and related study costs;2° Article L.…

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