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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

I.-The statutory auditor shall perform his duties in accordance with the international auditing standards adopted by the European Commission under the conditions defined by Article 26 of Directive 200…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article R721-1

I. - The application for approval or amendment of the approved specification, together with all the documents relating to the application, shall be sent to the National Institute of Industrial Propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Fees for the issue of documents and miscellaneous levies

Article 953

I. - Passports issued in France are subject to stamp duty, the rate for which is set at €89.If the applicant provides two passport photographs, as provided for in Article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Automatic processing of personal data known as "VISABIO

Article R142-6

The following may be recipients of personal data and information recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 142-1, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of their need to know:1° Nati…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R446-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS ADOPTED BY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Article L4141-2

I.-The following are forwarded to the State representative in the region, under the conditions set out in II:1° Deliberations of the Regional Council or decisions taken by the Permanent Commission by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article R134-6

Before commencing their activities, commercial agents must be registered in a special register held at the clerk's office of the commercial court within whose jurisdiction they are domiciled. They sha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-6

The following articles of the Electoral Code are applicable to preparatory polling operations and the conduct of voting operations: 1° Article R. 40 relating to the division of voters into polling sta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D142

Permission to go out is granted for one or more outings. It authorises the convicted offender to go to a place on national territory. It may be subject to one or more conditions, in particular the obl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

It is prohibited to employ employees holding a fixed-term employment contract and temporary employees to carry out work exposing them to the following dangerous chemical agents or ionising radiation:…

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