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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for foreign nationals whose conduct is linked to terrorist activities

Article R733-16

The competent authority may, when placing a foreign national under mobile electronic surveillance, adapt the frequency of his reporting obligations to the police or gendarmerie units which were set, p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-7

…ion under the conditions and within the time limits laid down by regulation. 2. Multiple priorities may be claimed for a patent application, even if they originate in different States. Where appropria…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-9

Contractual agents of the establishment appointed to a post in a category or class higher than that to which they belonged or to a management post are classified at a step with an index equal to or, f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1794

For the offences listed below, the penalty of between one and three times the amount of duty is replaced by a penalty of between one and three times the value of the apparatus, objects, products or go…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central organisation

Article R515-18

…act of objectives and resources signed with the State; 3° the agreements referred to in article R. 515-12 ; 4° The financial assistance referred to in articles R. 515-9, R. 515-10 and R. 515-11 and th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-14

The purpose of the processing mentioned in Article R. 6351-13 is to enable: 1° The submission of the declaration of activity provided for in Article L. 6351-2 and the amending declaration provided for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-168

…n its premises during that period or who have terminated their domiciliation, and each year, before 15 January, a list of persons domiciled on 1 January. 2° The domiciled person undertakes to use the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-23

…on which the civil party is brought, proposing by its articles of association to combat corruption, may exercise the rights granted to the civil party in respect of the following offences: 1° Offences…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article L311-52

…ity or a liability management vehicle, it shall ensure, subject to the provisions of Article L. 311-15, the protection of collateral agreements and secured obligations in which this person participate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments

Article L3334-8

The rights registered in the time savings account may be paid into the collective retirement savings plan or contribute to the financing of retirement benefits which are of a collective and compulsory…

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