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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R783-23

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-30-1n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 621-31No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022R. 621-32 and R. 621-33n° 2012-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-31

The sale is again subject to articles L. 141-28 to L. 141-30 when it occurs more than two years after the date on which all employees were informed of the sale. If during this two-year period the work…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-1

…son persecuted because of his or her action in favour of freedom;2° To any person over whom the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees exercises its mandate under the terms of Art…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-8

…establishments, the birth of tacit decisions, the planning permission application file and the absence of prior approval in Ile-de-France are set out in articles R. * 423-36, R. 423-44, R. 423-44-1, R…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L422-3

…es and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety and Article 13 of Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L613-5

…t for the purposes of refusing entry has been issued in the Schengen Information System, in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of…

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

Article R414-5

…curity features and biometric elements provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-16-2

…consolidating company and one of the controlled companies included in the consolidation, in accordance with Article L. 233-16, have activities which may be subject to income tax in the same tax jurisd…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-45

The Government Commissioner is the addressee of complaints concerning the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 as well as articles L. 321-24 and L. 321-28-1 and the persons authorised to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-17

…ried out by the auctioneers attached to the establishment as appraisers. They are assisted, where necessary, by auctioneers and clerks chosen and paid by them. Failing this, sales are carried out by t…

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