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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R532-3

…y issues to be judged other than the conviction provided for in Articles 37 and 75 of the Law of 10 July 1991.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

…cooperation with its own tax system or the Lyon metropolis may, by a deliberation taken before 1st July of the year preceding that of the taxation:- set all or part of the rates provided for by artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Allocation for registering applications and issuing secure documents

Article L2335-16

…ion, in 2023, this increase will be allocated to local authorities for each station registered on 1 July 2023.Individual allocations under this grant may be established by order of the minister respon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-6

…es 4, 5, 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories with regard to complianc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

…f employment.Rights acquired in hours, in accordance with article 22 quater of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, are retained and converted into euros for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-105

…ation of the notice provided for in Article R. 210-9 or to the article 24 of decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of the loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-4

…n article L. 123-1-1 of the French Commercial Code or by V of the article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of trade and craft trades, a statement on honour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

…set in article 1 of decree no. 2000-815 of 25 August 2000 or article 1 of decree no. 2001-623 of 12 July 2001 or article 1 of decree no. 2002-9 of 4 January 2002. However, where there is a derogation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-2

…llowing the granting of a marketing authorisation, including for an authorisation granted before 21 July 2012, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-163

…or each medicinal product or each product for which the marketing authorisation was issued after 21 July 2012; 2° Monitors the results of the risk reduction measures described in the risk management p…

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