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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Beneficiaries of stateless status

Article L424-19

…member of a beneficiary of stateless status", identical to the card provided for in article L. 424-18, issued to a foreign national who has obtained stateless status, is issued to: 1° Their spouse, c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-2

…g and unlawful confinement and home invasion punishable by the articles 221-1 to 221-4, 222-1 à 222-18, 222-23 à 222-33, 224-1 à 224-5, 226-4and 432-8 of the Criminal Code, where the victim of these o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

…provided for by article 712-17, suspension of the accommodation measure provided for by article 712-18, to the provisional incarceration provided for by article 712-19 or the withdrawal or revocation…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-64

The laboratory called upon in application of article L. 232-18 analyses the A sample sent in application of article R. 232-62.Unless otherwise requested by the Agency, it retains the B sample with a v…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-7

…by the département.In the départements where, on the date of entry into force of law no. 89-899 of 18 December 1989 relating to the protection and promotion of health, the family and childhood and ad…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-7

…ed to in article L. 310-3-2 authorised to operate in one or more of the classes referred to in 1 to 18 of articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the Social Secur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Methods of evaluating the figures.

Article R123-178

For the application of article L. 123-18 : 1° The acquisition cost is equal to the purchase price plus the ancillary costs necessary to put the asset into a usable condition; 2° The production cost is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-81

…ce Enforcement Court. In accordance with the first sentence of the last paragraph of Article 706-25-18, the person concerned by the judicial measure to prevent terrorist recidivism and reintegration m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19-1

As an exception to articles R. 53-18 and R. 53-19, the data recorded in the national automated genetic fingerprint database, with the exception of that mentioned in III of article R. 53-10, may be con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 4: Provisions common to the remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-34

…or this purpose.With the exception of the remuneration provided for in Articles R. 663-4 and R. 663-18 to R. 663-20 and authorised advance payments, they are not collected until they have been stopped…

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