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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Content of protection

Article L582-5

…teless status and has been issued with the temporary residence permit referred to in article L. 424-18 or the resident permit referred to in article L. 424-21 may apply for family reunification, under…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

…ng from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 623-10 Resulting from the loi n° 2016-1547 du 18 novembre 2016

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-20

…rd of Directors or the Management Board and of the Statutory Auditor provided for in Article R. 228-18. This information is included in the Articles of Association. The statutory auditor shall give hi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-6

…of the results presented to the High Council for Social Dialogue in application of article R. 2152-18.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article R4163-44

…g to the settlement of disputes between an employer and an employee provided for in article L. 4163-18. In the event of an infringement, they are authorised to draw up official reports, which are vali…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of continuing vocational training schemes

Article D6122-2

…tors mentioned in article L. 6332-1 and the national equalisation fund mentioned in article L. 6332-18.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-21

…it sits in a restricted formation, with only the representatives mentioned in 1° of article D. 6431-18. In this case, the opinion is given without the presence of the member of the committee whose sit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-16

…ollowing form: a) In the case of financial securities covered by 1° to 4° of I of Article R. 214-32-18, in the form of accurate, reliable and regularly established prices, which are either market pric…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-1

…4.2 and II du 6 de l'article 77 de la loi n° 2009-1673 du 30 décembre 2009 de finances pour 2010.In 2012, this amount is equal to €41,389,752,000.In 2013, this amount is equal to €41,505,415,000.In 20…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

…capped in accordance with I of Article 46 of Law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012 of the confiscated sums managed by the agency as well as, of the proceeds from the sale of conf…

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