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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…ting body and representative on the committee of the company resulting from the cross-border merger;8° Staff representative of an external company, appointed to the health, safety and working conditio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Fishery products

Article R412-29

…rovided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of the Council of the European Communities of 21 June 1989, as amended, laying down common market…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R771-2

…application of Article R. 771-1: 1° In Article R. 712-5, references to the provisions of Article L. 811-1 are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose; 2° In Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1461

…ons they represent and provided that they operate in accordance with the provisions governing them; 8° Associations governed by the loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d'association, constitué…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Purposes of processing

Article R142-1

The Ministry responsible for Foreign Affairs and the Minister responsible for Immigration are authorised to implement, on the basis of 1° of Article L. 142-1, automated processing of personal data kno…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Purposes of processing

Article R142-11

…mporarily or permanently deprived of the protection of their family to have their identity verified 8° To enable foreign nationals to carry out by electronic means the formalities provided for by this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-1

…ources mentionnées aux articles L. 3332-1, L. 3332-2, L. 3332-2-1, L. 3333-1, L. 3333-2 and L. 3333-8 perçu sur le territoire fixé à l'article L. 3611-1 ;3° The resources mentioned in Articles L. 5215…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-10

I. - Corsica's sustainable planning and development plan is a regional ecological coherence scheme within the meaning of article

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Market surveillance

Article L4314-1

…rveillance and product conformity, and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011, market surveillance is carried out by the administrative authorities designa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-223

…strative supervision; 6° For each legal unit, the category of business, as defined by Decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 on the criteria for determining the category to which a business belongs…

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