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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Access to the waiting area

Article R*343-22

The administrative authority referred to in articles R. 343-19, R. 343-20 and R. 343-21 is the Minister responsible for immigration.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article R624-18

…R. 228-26 is applicable to the formal notice provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 622-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pre-resumption and resumption of work examinations

Article R4626-29-1

A pre-reinstatement examination may be organised under the conditions set out in articles R. 4624-20 to R. 4624-21.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-2

…r inter-municipal cooperation known as "territorial public establishments" are created on 1 January 2016. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, these public establishments are subject to the prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article D47-6-16

…he resumption of one or more of its obligations, pursuant to articles 706-25-16,706-25-18 et 706-25-20, the following provisions shall apply: 1° The rules relating to the appointment of a lawyer provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article R3334-17

…ublic colleges built before 1973; 3° 5%, in proportion to the surface area of mobile classrooms; 4° 20%, in proportion to the number of pupils in public colleges. The 30% intended to take account of c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-3

…for in articles 1384 A, 1384 C and 1384 D of the General Tax Code are compensated by applying, for 2009, to the amount of these losses a rate corresponding to the difference between the total amount…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-45

In accordance with the provisions of articles R. 15-33-67 to R. 15-33-75, the platform shall transmit, to the category of bodies mentioned in 1° of Article R. 15-33-68, requisitions drawn up by magist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R613-28

…the issue or borrowing, meets the definition in 22) of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article D4132-2

…than or equal to 10,000 for regions comprising more than five départements or less than or equal to 20,000 for regions comprising no more than five départements; 2° Between 10,001 and 20,000 for regio…

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