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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Vocational training and apprenticeships (R).

Article R1614-13

…apprenticeship and continuing vocational training programmes provided for in article 84 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition des compétences entre les communes, les départem…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-6

…his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, insofar as such…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-39

The rights of access and rectification provided for by Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 may be exercised by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-58

The rights of access and rectification provided for by Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 may be exercised wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Tax fraud, combating money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L772-10

I.- For the application of Article L. 54-10-3 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words "or in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area" appearin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L911-5

For the application of articles L. 141-15, L. 143-7 and L. 145-28, a magistrate of the court of first instance may be delegated by the president.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-22

The procedures for applying articles L. 222-7, L. 222-8 and L. 222-15 to L. 222-19 are defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provision of data by the concessionaire in the case of management under concession of a public service

Article L3131-2

When the management of a public service is conceded, the concessionaire shall provide the conceding authority, in electronic format, in a freely reusable open standard that can be used by an automated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-2

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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