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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign national who is the parent of a French national

Article R423-3

An application for the resident permit provided for in article L. 423-10 is equivalent to an application for renewal of the residence permit previously acquired when it is submitted by a foreign natio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-25

…fessional practice, for responding to any request from the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 and for receiving acknowledgements of receipt of declarations made by the body pursuant to the pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of seats to employee trade unions

Article R23-112-2

…ation of the seats on each regional cross-industry joint committee provided for in 1° of article L. 23-112-1 takes into account the votes cast, in the professional and territorial area of competence o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-6

…ation of the seats of each regional cross-industry joint committee provided for in 2° of article L. 23-112-1 takes into account, for the assessment of the employers' audience, the number of member com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-55

The second to last paragraphs of Article 695-23 shall not apply to the surrender procedures mentioned in this section. By way of derogation from the first paragraph of the same Article 695-23, the sur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-3

…on provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-10

…his article are set out in Articles 26 and 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prohibited games and lotteries

Article L775-38

…esulting from L. 563-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 563-2 Ordinance no. 2019-1015 of 2 October 2019 L. 563-3 to L. 563-5 Order 2009-104 of 30 January 2009 II - For the application of the…

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

Article L232-14-1

Independently of the application of the provisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Interests specific to certain categories of residents

Article L2573-58

…to VI.II. - For the application of Article L. 2411-5, references to Articles L. 2113-17 et L. 2113-23 are replaced by the reference to Article L. 2113-23.III. - For the application of Article L. 2411…

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