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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-4

When the diplomatic or consular authority has issued the long-stay visa provided for in 2° of article L. 411-1 conferring on its holder the rights attached to the multi-annual residence permit bearing…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-4

TABLE SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL DATA FOR THE LAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS TO BE ATTACHED TO THE NOTIFICATION FILE FOR A MERGER OPERATIONName of entity: ... No SIREN (in the case of a French company): ...Cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-4

The terms and conditions of private practice are set out in a contract concluded between the practitioner concerned and the public health institution, or in the event of private practice being shared…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Indirect right of access to data

Article L561-45

When personal data is processed for the sole purpose of applying articles L. 561-5 to L. 561-23 by a person mentioned in article L. 561-2, the right of access is exercised with the Commission national…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Internal redeployment measures.

Article L1233-45-1

In companies with fifty or more employees, the employer may, after receiving the favourable opinion of the Social and Economic Committee, propose internal redeployment measures before the expiry of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-4-2

An intermediate parent undertaking in the European Union is a credit institution or a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company which has applied for approval in accordance with t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

I.-A.-The provisions of C apply if a credit institution or finance company is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliame…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-24

A magistrate, responsible for monitoring the implementation of software covered by this chapter and ensuring that data is kept up to date, appointed for this purpose by the Minister of Justice, shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-4

The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the account and payment of training costs

Article L6323-40

If accepted by the work assistance establishment or service, the disabled worker will continue to receive his guaranteed remuneration for the duration of the training and will continue to be covered b…

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