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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-8

…an end to any conflict of interest, within the meaning of paragraph 1 of article 2 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life, which may arise in the performance of the…

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

Article L225-83

…hen the Supervisory Board is not composed in accordance with the first paragraph of article L. 225-69-1, payment of the remuneration provided for in the first paragraph of this article shall be suspen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-81

In the exercise of the powers provided for in article 706-22-1 the Paris Sentence Enforcement Judge may appoint the penitentiary integration and probation service with territorial jurisdiction over th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-8

The meeting at which the mayor is elected is chaired by the eldest member of the municipal council.For any election of the mayor or deputy mayors, the members of the municipal council are convened in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-8

The territorially competent State representative organises health checks on travellers and means of sea and air transport arriving in France from an affected area, within the meaning of Article 1 of t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: Residence permits issued for other reasons

Article R426-8

Where the foreign national already has a residence permit bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU" issued by another Member State of the European Union, mentioning that international protection has…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article L312-84

…to 3° of article L. 312-6 and those of articles L. 312-16, L. 312-17, L. 312-27, L. 312-38, L. 312-39, L. 312-44, L. 312-48, L. 312-49, L. 312-54, L. 312-55, L. 312-56 and L. 312-85 to L. 312-91 apply…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-8

Any filing recognised as admissible shall be published in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property, unless it appears either that its presentation does not meet the technical requirements necessar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-8

When a building in which a public house is located has been demolished or converted to a new use as a result of expropriation in the public interest, or when the building has been demolished by the ow…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: FAMILY GROUPING SCHEME

Article R434-8

The application for family reunification is made on a form, the model for which is established by order of the minister responsible for immigration.It includes an undertaking by the applicant:1° To al…

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