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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Obtaining a residence permit

Article L433-7

…long-term resident-EU" provided for in articles L. 421-12, L. 421-25, L. 424-5, L. 424-14 or L. 426-17.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Film ombudsman

Article L213-1

…elease of a cinematographic work; 4° Application of 1° of I of article L. 213-16 and article L. 213-17.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-6

…of Book I;3° Chapters I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII of Title I of Book II;4° Sections 2a, 3, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 and subsections 3 and 4 of Section 6 of Chapter IV of Title II of Book II;5° Chapt…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-77

The diver shall provide proof to the diving master of the skills mentioned in Annexes III-14 a, III-17 a or III-18 a, in particular by presenting a certificate or diploma and, where appropriate, a log…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-30-2

…'Etat and the Cour de Cassation or the President of the Bar Association, pursuant to Article L. 561-17, the department shall inform these authorities that the report has been forwarded to the Public P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-1

…ence, the public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions provided for in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of €200. The amount o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-11

…right before all other claims, in accordance with the ranking provided for in II of article L. 622-17 and in I of article L. 643-8. Persons who provide, within the same framework , a new good or serv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-9-1

…cinal products ; 2° When these activities concern advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in 17° of Article L. 5121-1 and advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in Article 2 of Regulati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15-1-5

The departments, units and bodies, referred to in Article 706-95-17, that may carry out operations to install the technical devices referred to in l'article 706-96 sont :the national directorate of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operations

Article R515-9

…al Authorities Code, articles 28, 29 and 33 of Organic Law no. 99-209 on New Caledonia and articles 17, 38 and 39 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Pol…

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