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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14-1

…to the training of elected representatives provided for in the last three paragraphs of article L. 2123-12. They take a decision within six months of the installation of the municipal council followin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-14-1

The provisions of article R. 211-14 do not apply to drivers of vehicles normally based, within the meaning of article L. 211-4 , in the territory of a State other than France or Monaco, as referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

…bjectives, values and long-term interests of the investment firm. Within investment firms of significant importance in terms of their size and according to criteria relating to the level of remunerati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14-1

…shall be deleted by the managing department before expiry of the period mentioned in Article R. 53-14: 1° The data mentioned in 1° and 1° bis of I of Article

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-8

The dissolution of the company entails its liquidation, except in the cases provided for in Article 1844-4 and in the third paragraph of Article 1844-5. It only has effect with regard to third parties…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access for the delegate from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Article R*343-14

…administrative authority competent to issue or withdraw the approval referred to in Article R. 343-14 is the Minister responsible for asylum.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-10-14

The financial aid mentioned in articles R. 5132-10-12 and R. 5132-10-13-1 is paid, on behalf of the State, by the Agence de services et de paiement. This aid cannot be combined with any other State-fu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-14-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in article R. 132-14-1, the application is deemed to have been accepted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-14-1

Where the court is seised of an action for nullity referred to in Article L. 2262-14, it shall render its decision within six months.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-145

Associations in the event of survival or death created by tontines may only be validly constituted if they have at least two hundred members.

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