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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article D551-16

…551-9 shall mention the possibility for the asylum seeker to be refused the benefit of material reception conditions or for these to be terminated under the conditions laid down by articles L. 551-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Maintenance of benefits.

Article L5141-3

People who meet one of the conditions mentioned in 1° to 9° of article L. 5141-1 and who receive the specific solidarity allowance or the widowhood allowance provided for in article L. 356-1 of the So…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-8

Declarations of accession or denunciation, made in application of articles L. 2261-3 and L. 2261-9, are deposited, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article D. 2231-4 and in 1 o of articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5221-8

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 5221-9, in vitro diagnostic medical devices which comply with the standards relating to them and transposing the harmonised European standards, the re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1461

…ns, whatever their legal form, and their unions for their activities relating to the study and defence of the rights and collective material or moral interests of their members or the persons they rep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article R5461-4

…owing constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° For the manufacturer of a medical device or its authorised representative, failing to make available to the Director General of the Agence…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Permanent resident card

Article L426-4

…426-1, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 426-6, L. 426-7 or L. 426-10, or the "long-term resident-EU" residence permit provided for under articles L. 421-12, L. 421-25, or L. 426-17, of which he or she is the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-15

…tions for practising medicine or pharmacy, or hold a doctorate in the field of life and health sciences or an engineering degree, and who, on the other hand, can justify the conditions of professional…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-2

…utorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is responsible for :A.-In the banking, payment services and investment services sector:1° Credit institutions ;2° The following personsa) Investment fir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-15

…6122-44. However, before taking the opinion of the specialised commission of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy competent for the health sector, the Regional Health Agency shall, by virt…

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