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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-28

…multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT (famille)" for a period equal to the remaining period of validity of their spouse's residence permit. This card is issued, under t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-27

A foreign national who has been admitted to reside in another Member State of the European Union for the same reasons as those mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 421-26 may carry out an as…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-26

A foreign national residing outside the European Union who comes to France to carry out a temporary intra-group secondment, as provided for in 2° of article L. 1262-1 of the Labour Code, in order to o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-2

…p in accordance with article R. 323-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister of Culture, who issues a receipt. If the file is not in order, the minister responsi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R326-2

…p in accordance with article R. 326-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister for Culture, who issues a receipt. If the dossier is not complete, the Minister resp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND REGIONS TO THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article L7331-2

…acts and agreements concluded by the département or region continue, after the creation of the territorial authority, to be performed under the previous conditions until their expiry, unless otherwise…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-2

When one or more of the employees mentioned in article L. 2421-1 is to be made redundant for economic reasons affecting ten or more employees within the same thirty-day period , the employer must atta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25

I. - The payer is entitled to reimbursement by his payment service provider of an authorised payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order through the payee, if th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Cash on delivery

Article L773-20

…ostes et télécommunications, may be sent against reimbursement.For the recovery of cheques remitted to it pursuant to this sub-section, the Office des postes et télécommunications may not invoke the o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agents

Article L773-23

The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the word…

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