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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Voluntary departure period

Article L612-4

…nce in compliance with the stipulations of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 19, paragraph 1 of article 20 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 21 of the same agreement.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VII: OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS

Article R237-1

…icle D. 414-4 with the exception of 1° and articles R. 424-1, R. 424-4, R. 424-7, R. 424-11, R. 431-20, R. 431-22 and R. 432-15 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation and payment procedures.

Article L5422-8

…ures for the application of this article are taken by the agreement provided for in article L. 5422-20.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R613-3-7

…r all the individual or sub-consolidated decisions relating to 1°, 2° or 3° of II of Article L. 613-20-4 taken by itself and the other relevant competent authorities of the Member States of the Europe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article D5217-32

…the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 et D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the accounting officer of the metropolitan authority, who mu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-123

…ient 4) comprising: - a written exam on the technical aspects of the sport concerned (marked out of 20; duration: three hours; coefficient 2); - an oral exam on the socio-economic and legal environmen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-1

…available to him at this stage and in accordance with the good practice defined by article R. 1131-20-5, the categories of family members potentially concerned by the information, having regard to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-8

…are specified in the following table: WORKFORCENUMBERof exitsTOTAL NUMBERof passage unitsLess than 20 people11 20 to 50 people1 + 1 accessory1 (a)or 1 (b)251 to 100 people22 or 1 + 1 clearanceaccesso…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 211-132

…he cinematographic work represents either a minimum of 1.5% of the overall budget, or a minimum of €20,000;3° The fee paid to the author of the musical composition represents a minimum of 20% of the b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning simplified joint stock companies

Article L244-1

…ble to the chairman and managing directors of sociétés par actions simplifiées. The articles L. 242-20, L. 820-6 and L. 820-7 apply to the statutory auditors of simplified joint-stock companies.

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