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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions of access for journalists

Article R343-26

The administrative authority competent to authorise or refuse a journalist access to a waiting area pursuant to article L. 343-7 is the prefect of the département in which the waiting area is located…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions of access for journalists

Article R343-25

Any journalist holding the professional identity card referred to in article L. 7111-6 of the French Labour Code may apply to the competent administrative authority for authorisation to enter a waitin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions of access for journalists

Article R343-29

…h due regard for health and safety regulations and the privacy of persons held in the waiting area, to premises accessible to them and to premises made available to third parties carrying out an activ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2

…and in paragraph 2 of sub-section 4 of section 1 of Chapter II of Title II of Book V. The decision to grant this aid is taken by : "1° Either, on behalf of the State, the institution mentioned in art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-29

A single person may, at his or her request, be appointed clerk to several commercial courts whose registered offices are located within the same jurisdiction of the court of appeal..

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

When the directors of a commercial company processing agricultural products, marketing food products, operating, directly or indirectly, one or more retail shops selling mass-market products or operat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R*651-2

The competent authority in the cases provided for in article R.* 632-2 is the State representative.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Changes to the basis of an application for divorce

Article 247

…by lawyers, filed with a notary; 2° In the case provided for in 1° of Article 229-2, ask the judge to record their agreement to have the divorce by mutual consent granted by presenting him or her wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22-2

…lidarity grant: 1° None of the former communes had a population of 10,000 or more in the year prior to the merger; > 2° They are characterised as sparsely populated or very sparsely populated, as defi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2-2

…des produits de santé and the Agence nationale de santé publique may access anonymous data relating to devices contained in the registers mentioned in article L. 5212-2-1.

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