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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-14

…ence permit bearing the wording "beneficiary of stateless status" provided for under article L. 424-18 and the multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "family member of a beneficiary of stat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32-1

…nce of a class 1a credit institution or investment firm referred to in Articles L. 511-22 or L. 532-18-1 respectively be considered to be of significant importance. If no decision is taken within the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D591

…ns and requests for additional expert appraisals or counter-appraisals, provided for by Article 167;18° Observations concerning provisional expert reports, provided for by Article 167-2 ;19° Observati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

…culating the indicators. The indicators are calculated each year by the employer, no later than 1st March of the current year, on the basis of data from the annual reference period chosen by the emplo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-11

…ircumstances, the spouse who is not the perpetrator of the violence is awarded the right to use the marital home, even if he or she has been given emergency accommodation. In this case, the costs incu…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 9: Control of securities

Article 67 quater

…meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen B…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Appointment of a representative in France

Article 289 A

…ng to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to sanitation

Article L2224-8

…ean Commission under Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised marketing conditions for construction products and repealing Counc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…nt and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2017, and in the absence of insertion of the box referred to in Article L. 132-5-2 on the one…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-2

…no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 312-1-2 order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 312-1-3 order no. 2016-1808 of 22 December 2016 L. 312-1-4 law no. 2015-177 of 16 February 2015 L. 312-1-5 law no. 2013-672…

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