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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Adjudication of applications from foreign nationals and administrative authorities

Article R743-3

On receipt of the application, the court clerk registers it and stamps it and any attachments with the date and time of receipt.He immediately notifies by any means the administrative authority that o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Conditions of application to the overseas regions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 73 of the Constitution

Article LO4435-3

The regional economic, social and environmental council and the council for culture, education and the environment shall be consulted on any draft application for authorisation referred to in Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the sale and pledging of a business.

Article R143-3

…and the same price or for separate prices, the price of each element shall be declared in the notification, by breakdown of the total price expressed in the title.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-3

…ssociation, this notice includes the following information:1° The company name followed, where applicable, by its acronym, the address of the registered office, the amount of the share capital and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Terms and conditions of office

Article LO6224-3

The territorial councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment or of the Centre national de la fonction publique t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Terms and conditions of office

Article LO6325-3

The territorial councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment or of the Centre national de la fonction publique t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.

Article R221-33

For the application of the first two paragraphs of article L. 221-15 relating to a taxpayer's eligibility for the popular savings passbook account : 1° The income ceilings mentioned in the first parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.

Article R221-38

…closed in accordance with the previous paragraph, the custodian institution is required to automatically close any popular savings passbook account for which it establishes that the account holder ce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.

Article R221-39

Where a people's savings account has been opened at the request of a minor without the involvement of the minor's legal representative, the latter's objection to the withdrawal by the minor of sums cr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.

Article R221-34

…Procedures Book, the institution managing the popular savings passbook account, or to which an application to open such an account has been made, may question the tax authorities electronically in ord…

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