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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 R142-9

In accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in order to guarantee the right of residence of legal residents and to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreigne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-13

When making the declaration referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 23-112-12, the employee trade union organisation shall notify the employer or employers of the employee or employees it des…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of and supplementary registrations

Article A123-24

…articles of association, administration or management of the associations mentioned in Article A. 123-23, this modification is mentioned in the trade and companies register upon proof of completion o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article R2571-1

…of the envelope of the development grant for overseas communes mentioned in 2° of II of Article L. 2334-23-1 intended for the communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is distributed among them at a rate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-22

…directors representing employee shareholders or the company mutual fund pursuant to article L. 225-23 and, in sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière, the representatives of the société coopérativ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-14

Persons who have lost French nationality pursuant to article 23-6 or who has been refused a claim under Article 30-3 may claim French nationality by declaration made in accordance with Articles 26 et…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-6

…has granted by benefiting from the provisions of articles L. 211-38 to L. 211-40 or articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, whether or not these receivables are professional in nature, provided that they com…

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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 D1142-15

…3111-2; 3° The percentage of women among all members of the management bodies defined in Article L. 23-12-1 of the French Commercial Code, including self-employed persons; 4° The percentage of men amo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession in the form of a company.

Article R814-92

…mentioned, depending on the profession concerned, either in article R. 811-58, or in article R. 812-23. The provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 811-58, of articles R. 811-59 and R. 812-23…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-24

…from the requirements applicable to the internal model referred to in Articles R. 352-18 to R. 352-23. The detailed rules for the application of this Article are set out in Article 247 of Commission…

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