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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Data retention

Article R142-56

…e data relating to the administrative situation of the asylum seeker mentioned in I and II of Annex 7 are transmitted to the French Office for Immigration and Integration via the AGDREF2 application,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-3

…alities with a population of 15,000 or more, only one licence may be issued for each whole block of 7,000 inhabitants counted.In municipalities with a population of less than 15,000, only one licence…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1-1

I.-Articles L. 141-13 to L. 141-17, L. 141-19, L. 141-20, L. 143-7 and L. 143-11 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015 for growth, activity and equal economi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-1

…lumn of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 112-5-1 law no. 2018-287 of 20 April 2018 L. 112-6 Act no . 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 112-6-1-A Act no . 2017-1775 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the first fraction (R).

Article R1614-81

…pose of building, renovating, restructuring or making accessible as provided for in articles L. 111-7 to L. 111-7-4 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation, for the benefit of a main departm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article R2352-5

…50% of the total workforce: 5 seats; 6° From more than 50% to 60% of the total workforce: 6 seats; 7° From more than 60% to 70% of the total workforce: 7 seats; 8° From more than 70% to 80% of the to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Free information, screening and diagnostic centres

Article D3121-21

…anisations belonging to a higher education establishment and managing preventive medicine services; 7° The health cooperation groups defined in article L. 6133-1; 8° The social and medico-social coope…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Board of Directors of the Institut Gustave Roussy.

Article D6162-9

The provisions of articles D. 6162-2 to D. 6162-7 are applicable to the Board of Directors of the Institut Gustave Roussy. However, by way of derogation from 2° of article D. 6162-2, two of the five q…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-13

…eighth paragraphs of Article L. 1615-2, the second paragraph of Article L. 1615-3, Articles L. 1615-7, L. 1615-10, L. 1615-11 and L. 1615-12 as well as the fourth paragraph of I of Article L. 1511-8 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-9

…anagement company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. The provisions…

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