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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Compliance with the obligation to declare entry into French territory as set out in Article L. 621-3

Article R621-4

…permit, valid for one year or more, issued by a State party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990; however, an order by the minister responsible for immigration may designate the foreig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Notaries

Article R444-66

…f a compulsory deposit or consignment of funds, pursuant to the article 15 of decree no. 45-0117 of 19 December 1945 taken for the application of the status of notaries, account to their clients for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Control of budgetary acts (R).

Article R1612-8

…f all the documents required to be produced, depending on the case, by Articles R. 1612-16, R. 1612-19, R. 1612-23, R. 1612-24 and R. 1612-27. These provisions apply when the Chamber receives a reques…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-44

Apart from the cases provided for byarticle 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by articles R. 4113-45, R. 4113-49 and R. 4113-79 imposing speci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-17

…ations performed on samples transmitted by a medical biology laboratory pursuant to Article L. 6211-19 may not exceed 15% of the total number of medical biology examinations performed in whole or in p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-8

…cuments. Suspension of accreditation is made public in the register provided for in Article D. 6221-19.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L774-3

…paragraph Ordinance no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 511-18 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-19 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-20Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 II.For the applicati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…instrument relating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, dutie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-22

The provisions of articles R. 1423-19 to R. 1423-21 are applicable to the appointment by the general meeting of the industrial tribunal of the industrial tribunal members called upon to hold summary h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Interrupted proceedings and pending order proceedings.

Article R641-24

For the application of article R. 622-19, the funds are remitted to the liquidator for distribution. If the judicial liquidation is pronounced during an observation period, the mandataire judiciaire s…

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