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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals with EU long-term resident status in another Member State of the European Union

Article R426-4

…g for a temporary or multi-annual residence permit under the conditions mentioned in article L. 426-11, foreign nationals holding a resident permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" granted in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate

Article R2143-6

…o withdraw the trade union delegate mandate provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2143-11 is taken by the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-36

…annual updates, published under the same conditions, are sent to the courts mentioned in article L. 1142-11 and to the commissions mentioned in article L. 1142-5, which make them available to the publ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation

Article D2373-2

…rticles D. 2372-6 to D. 2372-9 ; 2° Or elected in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 2372-11 when the conditions laid down in Article L. 2372-3 insofar as it refers to Article L. 2352-6 are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-36

…ications networks, from the provisions set out in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 332-11-1 of the French town planning code as it stood prior to Law No. 2014-1655 of 29 December 2014 on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-4

…ng information and documents, presented in accordance with the order referred to in Article R. 5121-11 : 1° The name and address of the applicant and, where applicable, those of the company exploiting…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre

Article R114-12

…tached, within the limits of the resources available to the school, as defined in III of article R. 114-20.To this end, before 30 September, it communicates to the region to which it is attached and t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-4-2

…law within the meaning of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-5

…f a UCITS:1° Ensures, under the conditions laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the safekeeping of financial instruments registered in a financial instruments a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-7

…ions provided for by Article 706-53-6 and paragraph 2 of II of article 216 of law no. 2004-204 of 9 March 2004 ;-date of execution or end of execution of the sentence or measure;where applicable, date…

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