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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R761-7

…eferences to the court of first instance and the higher court of appeal respectively; 3° Article R. 711-1 reads as follows: "Art. R. 711-1.-The decision imposing an obligation to leave French territor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation.

Article R518-71

…customers, in particular with regard to the applicable provisions of the Consumer Code and articles 26-4 to 26-10 of the aforementioned Act no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965. The AMF will refuse authorisatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-7

…ent administrative authorities and independent public authorities mentioned in the annex to Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and indep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-79

…bers and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with Article L. 1424-26. Seats are distributed between: 1° The Corsican local authority; 2° The municipalities and pub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Uses of the professional prevention account

Article L4163-7

…who have not reached their sixtieth birthday. IV - For people aged at least fifty-two on 1 January 2015, the scale for acquiring points credited to the professional prevention account and the conditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-7

…Section 2 of Chapter V of this Title, with the exception of the first paragraph of Articles L. 225-37 and L. 225-82 and the fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-64. However, by exception to article L. 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-36

In the event of prosecution for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-34, the investigating judge may provisionally order, for a period of up to three months, the total or partial closure of:…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-23

…uire the foreign exploitation rights to cinematographic works mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article 721-6. These sums may not be invested when the foreign sales companies are also the companies that p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.

Article R221-77

…dy hold a Livret Jeune and that he or she meets the residence requirement set out in article L. 221-24. They must provide proof of the age requirement set out in the same article by producing any offi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72-2

When the authorisation is suspended, withdrawn or not renewed, or when a decision to modify the authorisation makes this necessary, the holder of the early access authorisation referred to in Article…

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