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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-1

…22 to L. 512-33, L. 512-39 to L. 512-50 and L. 531-1 to L. 531-5 Resulting from the ordonnance no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Refusal to submit to fingerprinting and photographing operations

Article L821-2

…n 19 June 1990 without fulfilling the entry conditions provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-3

…legal obligations to which it is subject, in accordance with c of 1 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L773-30

…June 2021 L. 533-10-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-10-2 to L. 533-10-8 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 533-11 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-12 Ordinance no. 2021-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L774-30

…June 2021 L. 533-10-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-10-2 to L. 533-10-8 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 533-11 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-12 Ordinance no. 2021-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L775-24

…June 2021 L. 533-10-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-10-2 to L. 533-10-8 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 533-11 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 533-12 Ordinance no. 2021-…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: "Animator" speciality

Article A212-46

…education and sport mentioned in article D. 212-21 is set out in the relevant order dated 27 April 2016 (NOR: VJSF1603369A).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-9

…responds to the product collected by the Lyon metropolis affected by a coefficient of 47% ; 3° From 2016, the departmental revenue collected in respect of flat-rate taxes on network companies taken in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe I-0-2 (art. A114-4)

Annex not reproduced you can consult the image in the facsimile of the JO nº 0222 of 23/09/2016, text n º 1, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000033138637

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Change of matrimonial property regime by application of a foreign law

Article 1303-5

…a certificate of registration in the annexed civil register referred to in article 4-1 du décret du 1er juin 1965 précité. If the marriage contract has been received by a French diplomatic or consular…

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