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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

Article R742-1

The matter shall be referred to the liberty and custody judge for the purposes of extending the detention period by simple request from the administrative authority, under the conditions laid down in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to doorstep selling and the distance provision of financial services.

Article R353-1

Any person canvassing for banking and financial services as defined in article L. 341-1, with the exception of the cases mentioned in the seventh paragraph of this article, failing to provide the pers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Rights and obligations of professionals

Article R444-13

I.-The professionals referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 444-1 are prohibited from requesting or receiving for services subject to tariffs any sum other than those set by these tariffs. I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conservatory measures during the observation period.

Article R631-18

Articles R. 622-2 to R. 622-5-1, excluding article R. 622-4-1, are applicable to the receivership proceedings.The registrar shall inform the person responsible for carrying out the inventory of its ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Increases

Article R7422-10

In order to assess whether a client must pay a homeworker the additional overtime pay provided for in article L. 7422-9, the following is taken into account: 1° Performance times resulting from the ex…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment of sums held in the automatic video editing account

Article 611-18

The videogram publisher is required to repay the sums invested in the following cases: 1° For long-form cinematographic works: a) When investment approval has been granted and the cinematographic work…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting.

Article R214-136

The General Meeting is convened by the Management Company. Failing this, it may be convened : 1° By an auditor ; 2° By the Supervisory Board; 3° By an agent appointed by the court at the request of on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-182

Protocols organising the management of patients are drawn up between the doctors performing interventional activities and, where applicable, the other doctors involved in this management, without prej…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-1

In compliance with France's international commitments, local and regional authorities and their groupings may implement or support any annual or multi-annual international cooperation, development aid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Procedure for authorising the importation of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1, for the personal use of one or more recipients, as provided for in the second paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-14

Establishments or organisations authorised to carry out imports in application of the second paragraph of II and III of article L. 1245-5 shall mention in the annual activity report provided for in ar…

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