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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-22

…r des étrangers et du droit d'asile to obtain the temporary residence permit provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 313-10 of the same code and marked "employee" or "temporary worker".

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-24

…Vocational Guidance are exercised by the Committee for Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance;2° The powers devolved to the Regional Prefect are exercised by the Representative of the State in S…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-20

…the declaration was registered. It is published in the prefecture's official journal of administrative acts. The prefect informs the director of tax services and the body responsible for collecting s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special privileges.

Article L3253-23

The following may bring a direct action or claim special privileges:1° Under the conditions set out inarticle 1798 of the Civil Code, employees in the building and public works sectors;2° Under the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-26

…application of this chapter, in particular : 1° The model report referred to in Article L. 3512-7 ; 2° The conditions for application of article L. 3512-16 ; 3° The content of the declarations referre…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-8

…r which investment approval or, where this is not requested, production approval, has been granted; 2° Long-length cinematographic works benefiting from production advances after completion; 3° Long-l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-17

…in particular on the following criteria: 1° The demographics and sociology of the local population; 2° The cinematographic environment; 3° The entertainment policy pursued by the exhibitor; 4° Network…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Formation of the credit agreement

Article R313-24

…ed per type of guarantee, the final cost of the guarantees required by the lender mentioned in b of 2° of Article R. 313-23 and the dates on which the cover comes into effect and ceases. In the event…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-27

…e performance or characteristics of medical devices subject to internal or external quality control;2° The nature of the inspection operations to be carried out to ensure that the performance of the m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 A

…ated by the acquiring company on the cancellation of shares or units in its own capital that it receives or that correspond to its rights in the acquired company.The entry in the assets of the acquiri…

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