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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article D775-39

…2022-110 of 1 February 2022D. 561-10-1No. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018D. 561-10-2no. 2020-1774 of 21 December 2020D. 561-32-1no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020D. 561-33 to D. 561-34-1n° 2021-375 of 1st Apr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-18

…12°, 13°, 14° and 15° of article R. 5124-2 provide proof of at least six months' practical experience in a pharmaceutical establishment of a company or organisation mentioned in the same article; The…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-8

…ation of articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12 requests the return, renewal or issue of a sports licence, the competent federation shall make this return, renewal or issue subject to the production o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-3

The contract referred to in Article L. 1251-58-1 between the temporary work agency and the employee provides for the payment of a guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration at least equal to the amount o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-10

…ration organised by Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: VISAS AND TRAVEL AUTHORIZATIONS

Article R312-1

The person applying for the issue of a visa is required to produce an identity photograph and to agree to his/her fingerprints being taken, for the purposes of registration in the automated processing…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D592-5

…o Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article D. 521-12, the words: "as well as the state of progress of the procedures for determining the State responsible for examining the asylum application and transfer, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1131-23

…blishments. For the medical biology analysis laboratories in these hospitals, the Minister for Defence exercises the powers of the regional health agency. The practitioners who carry out the analyses…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article R642-20

…ed for in the third paragraph of article L. 642-12, the assignee must inform the liquidator in advance of any planned disposal of an asset. He must also inform the court if the disposal was not envisa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R920-2

For the application of this code in the Department of Mayotte, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° to 8° Repealed;9° "préfet" or "sous-préfet" by "représentant de l'Etat à Mayotte";10° "…

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