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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

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment, a fine of €3,750 and a three-year ban from French territory for, for a foreign national who has been checked when crossing the border from a country that i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to submit to fingerprinting and photographing operations

Article L822-1

…ble by one year's imprisonment, a fine of €3,750 and three years' disqualification from French territory for a foreign national residing illegally in France to refuse to submit to fingerprinting and p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to take positive action to seek employment.

Article R5411-11

Subject to the exemptions provided for in article L. 5411-8 and the second paragraph of article L. 5421-3, jobseekers who are immediately available must, both at the suggestion of one of the bodies me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2543-1

…2331-3, 3° and 8° of article L. 2331-4, articles L. 2341-1, L. 2342-1 and L. 2343-1, are applicable to the communes of the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the use of registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt

Article R145-38

Where, pursuant to articles L. 145-4, L. 145-10, L. 145-12, L. 145-18, L. 145-19, L. 145-47, L. 145-49 and L. 145-55, a party has recourse to registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the dat…

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

Article R1423-15

…e industrial tribunal convenes a general meeting under the conditions set out in article R. 1423-23 to elect a new chairman or a new vice-chairman when one of these offices becomes vacant for one of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article L211-2

I.-The general terms and conditions applicable to consumer contracts shall mention, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree: 1° The nature of the advantage provided by the consumer withi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-3

…icle L. 732-3 ; d) The last paragraph of Article L. 742-25 ; 2° In Article L. 742-24, the reference to article L. 733-7 is not applicable until 1 January 2018;3° The words: "juge des contentieux de la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-22

…well as the opening, closure or modification of safe deposit box rentals.The declarations referred to in the first paragraph shall be made no later than seven working days following the opening, clos…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-2

…u 21 février 2017 L. 711-7 and L. 711-8 Resulting from Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 relating to the legislative part of the Consumer Code L. 711-9 Resulting from the loi n° 2022-172 du 14 févri…

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