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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: Residence permits issued for other reasons

Article R426-2

…the issue of a residence permit bearing the wording "retired person" provided for in article L. 426-8 or its renewal may submit their application to the French consular representation in their country…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-41

…eter shall be appointed in the language defined under the conditions provided for in Article L. 521-8.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article R122-5

…m the public at their counters or through their agents or the persons referred to in Article L. 525-8, credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and bureaux de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the employment contract

Article R7413-4

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 1234-1 to L. 1234-8 and L. 1237-1, relating to notice periods, to homeworkers with an open-ended employment contract, the compensation due in the e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electronic offers and promotions

Article L132-26

Any breach of the obligations mentioned in articles L. 122-8 and L. 122-9 relating to promotional offers and operations by electronic means is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-4

…rementioned law no. 70-9 of 2 January 1970. To carry out this activity, they are subject to article 8 of the same law.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIX: Declaration of income from transferable securities (IFU)

Article 242 ter E

Account keepers of transactions in financial futures instruments mentioned in 8° of I of article 35, in 5° of 2 of Article 92 and article 150 ter or, in the absence of an account keeper, the persons c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-31

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article 23 of law no. 46-628 of 8 April 1946 on the nationalisation of electricity and gas, local and regional authorities or their public cooperation establi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-46

…rench government, on receipt of a request transmitted in the forms provided for in the articles 696-8 and 696-9, undertakes to attend the summons sent to him. However, the summons is only received and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of sports equipment

Article R312-5

…e and its decentralised bodies and approved sports federations within the meaning of article L. 131-8 and their decentralised bodies contribute to updating the database created, in application of arti…

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