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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article L721-4

…country of return:1° The country of which the foreign national is a national, unless the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons or the National Court of Asylum has recognis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-60

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 223 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the budget controller shall in particular receive the following docu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-59

…management reports referred to in the second paragraph of article 223 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget and accounting management shall be sent to the budget controller at l…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-45

…management reports referred to in the second paragraph of article 223 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget and accounting management shall be sent to the budget controller at l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Occupational therapists.

Article L4331-5

…who have worked mainly as occupational therapists for at least three years during the ten years preceding the date of 23 November 1986 and who have passed, within three years of this date, the knowle…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3

…n of medical laboratory technician and hold the title of medical laboratory technician if : 1° On 8 November 1976, was carrying out technical duties in a medical biology laboratory or had carried out…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-10

…tors relating to the objects mentioned in 6°, 7°, 8°, 10°, 11° and 16° of article R. 823-7 are enforceable only after they have been approved by the Minister for Industry and the Minister for the Budg…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest in the event of deferred removal

Article R*732-3

Notwithstanding article R. 732-2, the Minister of the Interior is competent to place a foreign national under house arrest, pursuant to 6° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-4, in the following cas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article L613-46-6

…thority responsible for the supervision on an individual basis of an entity eligible for support, receives from the competent authority of the entity providing support a draft decision prohibiting or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-8

…ed in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, and distributors, as defined in Article 2(1)(e) of the same Regulation, failing to re…

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