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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Refusal and termination

Article D551-22

For the application of 4° of Article L. 551-16, the financial resources are those referred to in the second paragraph of Article D. 553-3.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-28

The procedures for examining the application and the response from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine comply with Article R. 2141-16.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-21

In order to determine whether the group Solvency Capital Requirement calculated on the basis of consolidated data in accordance with Article R. 356-19 appropriately reflects the risk profile of the gr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies A

The gross monthly salary and the residence allowance received by the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the other members of the Government pursuant to I of article 14 of the amending f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-9

From the time the matter is referred to the Regional Audit Chamber and until the procedure provided for in Article L. 1612-5 has been completed, the deliberative body may not take a decision on budget…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910

…ons or foundations whose activities or those of their directors are referred to in article 1 of law n° 2001-504 of 12 June 2001 tending to reinforce the prevention and repression of sectarian movement…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…Article 878; 6° The claim of a first-time buyer holding a rent-to-own contract governed by the loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 definissant la location-accession à la propriété immobilière est garant…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5215-1

…se conditions are not required for urban communities existing on the date of publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération inter…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

In the case of existing enclosures, the application for approval must include the following documents: 1° The documents referred to in 4° to 7°, and, where applicable, 8°, 10° and 11°, designated in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-23

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment as a member of the Management Board of a person linked by an employment contract to the company…

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