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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Trainee foreign nationals

Article R426-17

…lication for a temporary residence permit bearing the word "trainee" provided for in article L. 426-23 is notified in writing to the foreign national as soon as possible and at the latest within ninet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-5

…at took charge of the person, or with the Directorate-General for Health. II. - Pursuant to Article 23 of the same Regulation, the right to erasure and the right to object provided for in Articles 17…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-31

I.-The entity responsible for issuing the unique identifiers referred to in II of Article L. 3512-23 is designated by order of the Minister for Customs. II.-The Minister responsible for customs shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Post-exposure or post-occupational monitoring

Article R4624-28-1

…24-2;2° Workers who have been exposed to one or more of the risks mentioned in I of article R. 4624-23 prior to the implementation of the enhanced individual monitoring system.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Application for aid.

Article R5522-57

…o be assessed, in accordance with one or other of the forms of assistance listed in article L. 5522-23, as well as its viability.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D621-29-1

I. - For foreign issuers, the market on which the highest volume of securities is traded is determined on the basis of an annual average of the number of securities traded on 31 December of the previo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-17

…000 256.36 € 20 to 150 employees Less than €3,000,000 334.39 € Greater than or equal to €3,000,000 423.55 € More than 150 employees Less than €20,000,000 664.30 € Greater than or equal to €20,000,000…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-4

The fee provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 663-4 in respect of the diagnosis of the safeguard or receivership proceedings (number 1 of Table 4-1), is set as follows: 1° Where the debtor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…and maritime fishing code; 10° Employee appointed under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2232-23-1 and L. 2232-26 in companies without a trade union representative;11° Member of the board or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Allocation of seats

Article R2344-1

…works council set up in the absence of an agreement for each of the States mentioned in Article L. 2341-1 is set according to the following rules: 1° Up to 10% of the total workforce: 1 seat ; 2° Fro…

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