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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-6

A temporary or multi-annual residence permit may be withdrawn from a foreign national who has committed acts that expose him or her to one of the convictions provided for in articles 222-34 to 222-40,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-52

The interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishment may exercise, at the choice of the constituent fire and rescue services, the following powers and attributions:a) The acquisition, rental and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-4

…igations of this chapter. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall define the financial activities that may be considered as ancillary, taking into account the nature, volume and amount of the transaction…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-53

…L. 356-21, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capacity as group supervisor may, after consultation with the members of the college of supervisors, limit or waive the regular p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Intermediary parent companies

Article R517-10

…the assets of the authorised branches of these groups, as well as the types of activities that they may carry out by virtue of their authorisation; c) The name and type referred to in Article L. 517-4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-21

…biology laboratories authorised for the activities mentioned in c and d of 2° of article R. 2142-1 may store gametes for donation. If the laboratory, under whose responsibility consent was obtained u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of commercial court registrars)

Article A743-7

…ddresses of the partners or shareholders, the members of the management, executive and, as the case may be, administrative or supervisory bodies of the company. The Minister of Justice is responsible…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 297 D

…rdance with the provisions of Article 297 A is not deductible by the purchaser;2° Taxable resellers may not deduct the value added tax relating to the purchase, intra-Community acquisition, import or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: High-level sportspeople

Article A231-3

…nutritional advice; c) A psychological assessment to identify any psychopathological problems that may be linked to intensive sports practice; d) An indirect search for overtraining using a questionn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Annual report of the joint fund

Article R2135-22

The annual report referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2135-16 shall indicate the use of funds by each of the beneficiary organisations referred to in Article L. 2135-12, for each of the…

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