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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline

Article L321-23-3

Decisions and precautionary measures taken pursuant to article L. 321-23-2 may be appealed to the Paris Court of Appeal. The appeal may be lodged with the first president of the said court, acting in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Accommodation

Article R552-7

The place of accommodation keeps the files of the persons accommodated for two calendar years after their discharge. The files kept in this way may at any time be subject to an on-site inspection by t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-81

…ist recidivism and reintegration for the measure to be lifted or modified shall be addressed to the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court. In accordance with the first sentence of the last paragraph of Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…ith effect from 30 June 2000)5° bis Subject to the provisions of 5 of Article 200 A, the income and capital gains from investments made as part of a share savings plan defined in article 163 quinquies…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-18

The board of directors or supervisory board of a consular higher education institution is made up of twelve to twenty-four members, including at least one student representative, at least three electe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-44

…departmental fire and rescue service must have within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours : 1° A departmental fire and res…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in the event of obstruction by the foreign national

Article R733-5

…lice services or gendarmerie units pursuant to article L. 733-8 is the préfet de département or, in Paris, the préfet de police.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-6

The procedures for applying this chapter to the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, the Hospices civils de Lyon and the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille are determined by the Conseil d'Eta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Judicial police officers of the national police force

Article R15-31

Judicial police officers and agents assigned to the Paris and Versailles regional judicial police directorates are competent to carry out their duties on all public transport lines, stations, stops an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-77

…t of the documents in the proceedings file in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 165. The case file can also be consulted at the registry of the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court.

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