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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-39-4

The request for recusal shall be made by a document delivered to the secretariat of the Commission, which shall issue a receipt, or by a statement recorded by the secretariat in the minutes.It must, o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-41-1

…cial Code :1° No further appeal may be lodged against the decision imposing the permanent disqualification or permanent withdrawal of the professional licence;2° The sanctions of permanent disqualific…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-41-3

The Chairman of the Enforcement Committee will examine whether the application meets the conditions set out in Articles R. 621-41-1 and R. 621-41-2. If it does, the procedure is governed by article R.…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion into an attachment for sale

Article R524-4

…ate statement of the sums to be paid in principal, costs and accrued interest, together with an indication of the rate of interest; 4° A summons to pay this sum, failing which the seized assets will b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-44

…oduced relates to the residence of a third party, it must be accompanied by an accommodation certificate drawn up and signed by the third party, as well as a copy of any valid identity document of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Aid for healthcare provision in areas with health deficits

Article R1511-44

The aid provided for in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 1511-8 may consist of:

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 464-2

I.-Where the total term of imprisonment, including any revocation of a suspended sentence, is less than or equal to one year, the criminal court must: 1° Either order that the prison sentence be serve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for accessing the shared medical record and the rights of the holder

Article R1111-46

Access to the shared medical record by the professionals mentioned in article L. 1111-15 and in III of article L. 1111-17 as well as by health, social or medico-social establishments or services is su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-40

The employer or the person in charge of the establishment referred to in Article L. 4111-1 and the head of the establishment referred to in Articles R. 4153-38 and R. 4153-39 may, for a period of thre…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: STAY IN FRANCE

Article R234-4

…ence before the end of the uninterrupted five-year period of residence provided for in article L. 234-1 in the following cases:1° They reach the age stipulated by the legislative or regulatory provisi…

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