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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-1

When the commission finds that it is impossible to obtain the agreement of the interested parties on a conventional plan, it notifies the debtor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: Residence permits issued for other reasons

Article R426-1

A foreign national who serves or has served in the Foreign Legion and holds the resident card provided for in article L. 426-3 may have it withdrawn if his certificate of good conduct has been withdra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Competent administrative authorities

Article R732-1

The administrative authority competent to place a foreign national under house arrest pursuant to article L. 731-1 is the prefect of the département where the place of house arrest is located and, in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-1

A fee is payable by users of public slaughterhouses. It is instituted by deliberation of the deliberative assembly of the local authority or group of local authorities owning the slaughterhouse.In the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Other institutions

Article L615-1

The Minister for the Economy shall appoint a Government Commissioner to any central body mentioned in Article L. 511-30, credit institution or finance company where the State has entrusted them with p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-1

I. - The Banque de France, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-1

The special employee profit-sharing reserve is set up as follows: 1° The sums allocated to this special reserve are, after closure of the accounts for the financial year, calculated on the profit made…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the formation of the contract.

Article L6222-1

No one may be taken on as an apprentice unless they are between the ages of sixteen and twenty-nine at the start of the apprenticeship.However, young people aged at least fifteen may begin an apprenti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-103

The constitutive deeds of legal entities whose registered office is located on French territory are filed at the latest at the same time as the application for registration. These deeds are:1° For com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-104

The instruments of incorporation of legal entities that are not registered or are governed by the legislation of a State that is not a member of the European Community or not a party to the Agreement…

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