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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in France (Incoming passport)

Article R532-19

…ent authority of the home State of the institution in question the letter referred to in Article R. 612-36.The Enforcement Committee of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall also…

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

Article 231-20

The amount of aid, resulting from the application of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Information in companies with at least three hundred employees

Article R2312-20

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in companies with at least three hundred employees, the employer makes available to the Social and Economic Committee, with a view…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave

Article R1233-20

In the letter of notification of redundancy provided for in Articles L. 1233-15, in the event of less than ten employees being made redundant within the same thirty-day period, and L. 1233-39, in the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Refusal and termination

Article D551-20

…ais de l'immigration et de l'intégration:1° In the event of a request to re-examine the asylum application;2° If the applicant, without a legitimate reason, has not submitted his or her asylum applica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: General conditions for authorisation of gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations

Article R5121-207

The application for authorisation or renewal of authorisation provided for in 12° and 13° of Article L. 5121-1 shall be sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt or lodged against receip…

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

Article R7124-19

The opinions of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council are adopted, in plenary session, by a majority of the votes cast and mention the positions of minorities. The Counci…

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

Article R7226-19

The opinions of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council are adopted, in plenary session, by a majority of the votes cast and mention the positions of minorities. The Counci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 I

1. The calculation and implementation conditions provided for in I of article 204 H of the rate provided for in article 204 E are modified in the event of : 1° Marriage or conclusion of a civil solida…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-19

…half of third parties. It may, however, acquire financial instruments referred to in article L. 214-20 which are not fully paid up. II. - A UCITS may, in order to achieve its management objective, rec…

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