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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-3

…by the reference to the service responsible locally for access to employment for foreign nationals; 18° Article R. 421-35 reads as follows: "Art. R. 421-35.-A foreigner whose investment is recognised…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

…sal. Whatever the judge's decision, the amount of compensation awarded to the victim or his heirs remains theirs.When the Office has compensated a victim or when the third party payers have assumed re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

…risks :Wavelength [nm] λRegion of the spectrumOrgan affectedRiskTables showing exposure limit values180 à 400UVeyephotochemical and thermal damage2.2, 2.3180 à 400UVskinerythema2.4400 à 700visibleeyer…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-24

…s, particularly with regard to insurance and the filing of applications, set out in articles R. 331-18 to R. 331-44 of the French Sports Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16

…einsurance (Solvency II), in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree 2017-1171 of 18 July 2017 laying down the rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds, is applic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-30

…° The provisions of Articles 1r to 5c and paragraph 3 of Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1825/2000 of 25 August 2000, as amended, laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 H

…ness property tax.In the event of a change of operator during an exemption period, the exemption is maintained for the remaining period and under the conditions laid down for the predecessor.The exemp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

I.-Where the author has transferred all or part of his exploitation rights, the assignee shall send him or make available to him by an electronic communication process, at least once a year, explicit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article L612-12

I. - Without prejudice to Article L. 612-8-1, the full Supervisory Board shall determine the organisational and operational principles, the budget and the internal rules of procedure of the AMF. It sh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

Assistance from the compensation fund is granted:1° When the interruption in the filming of a cinematographic or audiovisual work is the direct result of one of the following events:a) One or more per…

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