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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R432-5

…ing a residence permit marked "long-term resident-EU" as provided for in articles L. 421-12, L. 421-25, L. 424-5, L. 424-14 or L. 426-17, granted by France, and whose presence on French territory cons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R519-23

…to the customer, including the potential customer, in addition to that indicated in articles R. 519-25 and R. 519-26, complies with the provisions of articles L. 222-1 to L. 222-18 of the French Consu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-6

…the credit units and blocks of skills obtained through the validation of experience as of 1 October 2017 or valid as of this date ; - units and blocks of skills obtained through training from the entr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-10-1

…in the course of their duties, become aware of any of the offences referred to in articles L. 232-25 and L. 232-26, shall report them to the competent judicial authority.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26

Improvements made after the date defined in article L. 342-25 are presumed to have been made with the aim of obtaining higher compensation, in the absence of proof to the contrary. In order to establi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
4. Prisoners

Article R1112-31

…me. However, by express decision of the Minister of Justice, taken in application of article D. 115-25 of the Penitentiary Code, they may be treated, at their own expense, under a special regime or in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-207

The persons mentioned in articles L. 123-25 to L. 123-28 are exempt from providing evidence of incidental overheads where such exemption is granted for tax purposes. They may also record expenses rela…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-78

…ng the certificate referred to in article R. 1331-23, and the advice referred to in article R. 1331-25 are, where necessary, specified by order of the ministers responsible for the environment, constr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-71

…ent of the compensatory allowance that was the responsibility of the deceased debtor spouse (number 25 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to the following scale:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions

Article R3826-1

…3, R. 3116-4 and R. 3116-5 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Decree no. 2018-42 of 25 January 2018. Articles R. 3116-16 and R. 3116-17 are applicable in the territory o…

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