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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Examination of asylum applications by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-11

…s and Stateless Persons in accordance with the procedures laid down by articles R. 531-11 to R. 531-16 and R. 531-28.However, if necessary and notwithstanding article R. 531-15, the personal interview…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L613-64-2

…part of their deposits which exceeds the compensation ceiling set pursuant to 2° of Article L. 312-16 and which is left on account with this entity or institution subject to the resolution procedure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Bailiffs

Article R444-56

…vely.Any breach of this rule is liable to one of the disciplinary sanctions provided for in article 16 of Order no. 2022-544 of 13 April 2022 relating to the ethics and discipline of ministerial offic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Members and departments of the High Council

Article R821-14-1

The staff of the departments of the High Council is composed in accordance with Article 16 of Law No. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general statute of independent administrative authorities and in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L282-1

…ions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the table below. Art…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-19

…nd paragraph of article L. 222-17; c) The agreements referred to in articles L. 222-15-1 and L. 222-16; 2° Failure to comply with articles L. 222-5 and L. 222-7 to L. 222-18 ; 3° Non-communication of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L134-1

…es, under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out, respectively, in articles L. 5214-16, L. 5216-5, L. 5215-20 and L. 5215-20-1, L. 5217-2 and L. 3641-1 of the Code général des collecti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-10-1

…icle L. 823-9 and, where applicable, the supplementary report provided for in III of article L. 823-16, as well as the provisions of articles L. 234-1 to L. 234-4 of this code and articles L. 212-14,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-1

…g to allow the person canvassed to benefit from the withdrawal period referred to in Article L. 341-16, subject to the derogations provided for in that Article; 5° For any person engaged in the activi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-12

…multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "talent passport" provided for in Article L. 421-16.

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