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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…in respect of judicial decisions: 1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcement courts, the liberty and custody judge and the juve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-6

…he supervisory commission of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.The credit institution referred to in article L. 518-25-1 receives additional remuneration in respect of its specific obligations re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-28

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may decide not to rule under the accelerated procedure, unless the applicant's presence in France constitutes a threat to public…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-7-1

…From the date of notification by the representative of the State in the department of his intention to dissolve the syndicate, each member has a period of three months in which to give its opinion. In…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R533-17

Within investment firms, the members of the board of directors or the supervisory board, on the one hand, and the members of the management board or any other body exercising equivalent functions or a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-98

For the risk assessment, the employer estimates the level of dust corresponding to each work process and classifies them according to the following three levels:a) First level: dust with a value of le…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Personal activity account for self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed, their collaborating spouses and artists and authors

Article D5151-10-1

…e L. 5151-2 of the French Labour Code, a personal activity account is opened for any person subject to the contribution provided for in articles L. 6331-48, L. 6331-53 and L. 6331-65 and article L. 71…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Provisions common to the commissions referred to in Articles 1650 to 1652a

Article 1653

…s and departmental councillors and the secretariat of the commissions provided for in articles 1651 to 1651 M are set by decree (1).(1) Annex III, art. 345 to 348.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-16

The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-4

The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicabl…

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