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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-67

…fice as managing director may be held in a controlled company within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 by the company of which that person is a member of the management board or sole managing director;…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article L422-6

Foreign students on a programme mentioned in article L. 422-5 who can prove that they have sufficient means of subsistence will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit marked "student-mobility…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Reservations relating to public policy and polygamy

Article L412-6

No residence document may be issued to a foreigner living in France in a state of polygamy. Any residence document held by a foreigner in such a situation will be withdrawn. The situation of the spous…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals placed under a protection order

Article L425-6

A foreign national who has been granted a protection order under article 515-9 of the French Civil Code, due to violence within the couple or by a former spouse, a former partner in a civil solidarity…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-6

The recordings shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's office, on expiry of the limitation period for prosecution. A record shall be drawn up of the dest…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-6

The fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution is subrogated to the rights of the beneficiaries of its intervention to the extent of the sums it has paid. The fonds de garantie des dépôts et de rés…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Local tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment.

Article L422-6

…s in the mountains carried out by competent bodies, and in particular by mountain rescue companies; 6° Expenditure on equipment and tourist development of forest areas presenting one of the guarantees…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Taking into account the nature of services

Article R2121-6

For supply or service contracts, the estimated value of the need shall be determined, irrespective of the number of economic operators involved and the number of contracts to be awarded, by taking int…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article L721-6

The defence and management body contributes to the general interest mission of preserving and promoting the territories, local traditions and know-how as well as the products derived from them. For ea…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article L744-6

On arrival at the detention centre, foreign nationals are notified of the rights they are likely to exercise with regard to their asylum application.To this end, they may benefit from legal and lingui…

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