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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-30

…rson exercising effective management within the meaning of Articles L. 322-3-2 of this Code, L. 211-13 of the Mutual Code and L. 931-7-1 of the Social Security Code;2° Oppose the continuation in offic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

…L. 213-9 to L. 213-13 relating to the conditions for granting cinematographic performan…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Exception for people with disabilities

Article R122-15

…istration on the list and the issue of authorisation under the conditions defined in Article R. 122-13;2° To issue an opinion on the removal from the list and the withdrawal of authorisation provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 717-1

…date of a sentenced person likely to come under the provisions of the provisions of article 706-53-13, the offender will be summoned by the sentence enforcement judge, to whom he or she will provide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…e in a chamber of agriculture, mentioned inarticle L. 515-1 of the rural and maritime fishing code; 13° Conseiller prud'homme ;14° Maritime assessor referred to inarticle 7 of the law of 17 December 1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-11

…idence permits or travel documents or, when they are holders of a long-stay visa mentioned in 6° to 13° and 15°, 16° and 17° of Article R. 431-16, the formalities provided for in the same article and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-43

…aced by the following provisions: "1° Les produits des redevances pour services rendus;"2° Les 12°, 13°, 14° et 15° deviennent respectivement : 2°, 3°, 4° et 5°.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Environment and local services

Article L4424-35

…y the statutes applicable to them on 2 April 1992, the date of entry into force of loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse. The conditions for the applicat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-21

…lting from the cross-border merger 12° the likely effects of the cross-border merger on employment; 13° The arrangements for making a buy-out offer to members in accordance with Article L. 236-40; 14°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-8

…article L. 5212-1 shall provide information annually, in the declaration provided for inarticle L. 133-5-3 of the Social Security Code, made for the period of employment in April of the year followin…

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