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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-8

…a application was submitted, under the conditions laid down respectively in Articles 13, 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law no. 78-17 of 6 Janu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-17

The visas mentioned in 6° to 18° of Article R. 431-16 allow their holder to stay in France beyond a period of three months and within the time limits mentioned in the same article, on condition that t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-6-2

…and Economic Committee under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2312-18.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R711-6

…the Kyoto International Convention on the simplification and harmonisation of customs procedures of 18 June 1974.Each year the public establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-13

…f the investment may not be changed without the authorisation provided for in a) of article D. 2564-18.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-4

…d 3° of Article L. 6211-4 and Titles II and IV of this Book, with the exception of Articles L. 6222-18-2, L. 6222-34 and L. 6222-36-1 which apply; 3° When the theoretical part of the apprenticeship tr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions.

Article R732-8

…entered on the list provided for in Article L. 732-3, the procedure provided for in articles R. 742-18 to R. 742-23. With a view to ensuring the proper functioning of the public service of justice, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: State property transferred to the assets of the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-36

…chaeological sites, belonging to the State, the list of which is annexed to decree no. 2003-1111 of 18 November 2003, taken in application of article 9 of law no. 2002-92 of 22 January 2002 relating t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-16

…on in the number of annuity units registered in a member's account in application of article R. 441-18:-where the person concerned has paid premiums or contributions for more than three years, but has…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-22

…Article L. 612-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 356-18, they shall draw up written policies guaranteeing that the information disclosed meets the requir…

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