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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Residential leisure parks

Article L333-1

…missions by the national accreditation body mentioned in article 137 of the aforementioned law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 , or any equivalent European body that is a signatory to the multilateral…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2151-14

…tions, award criteria or contract performance conditions, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R11

…e previous paragraph, students admitted to the Gendarmerie Officer Training School under Decree no. 2008-946 of 12 September 2008 on the special status of the Gendarmerie officer corps who have judici…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-35

…1-5, any variation or extension, as provided for in Chapter I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing author…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1680 A

…account or a Crédit Mutuel special passbook savings account covered by Article 146(I)(2) of Act no. 2008-776 du 4 août 2008 de modernisation de l'économie. These operations do not incur any costs for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

…af or hard of hearing of 12 December 2011 and those of the Audio Description Charter of 10 December 2008.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-25

When they are admitted to reside in France in accordance with articles L. 421-22 or L. 421-23, the spouse of the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-12 and the children of the latter in the y…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-22

If they are at least eighteen years old, the spouse of the foreign national mentioned in articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 and L. 421-13 to L. 421-21 will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-24

The spouse of the foreign researcher mentioned in article L. 421-15, as well as the couple's children, are admitted to residence under the same conditions as this foreigner, without the condition prov…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-23

Where the family was already constituted in a Member State of the European Union where it was admitted for residence, the spouse and children of the foreign national holding the residence permit beari…

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