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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R222-26

If the Commission considers that there is a substantial difference between the level of qualification attested by the documentary evidence mentioned in article R. 222-23 and the level of qualification…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Advertising

Article R5125-26

…nsfer or change of proprietor of a pharmacy, as well as the creation of a website for the pharmacy, may give rise to a press release in the written press limited to the name of the pharmacist, his uni…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 C

The option mentioned in Article 260 B does not apply: 1° Transactions carried out by affiliates of the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, as well as their groupings, between themsel…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 199

…erson or the interests of a third party. The Examining Magistrate's Chamber shall rule on this application, after hearing the observations of the Public Prosecutor and, where applicable, the lawyers o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Decision by the Prefect

Article R434-26

…e authority responsible for issuing authorisation to enter France for the purposes of family reunification is the prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect. This authority takes a decision on the appl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-26

…Industrial Property has been notified, by simple letter, a copy of the notice of appeal with an indication of the obligation to constitute a lawyer. If the letter of notification is returned to the re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-26

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 631-1 of the French Commercial Code, credit institutions or finance companies that are unable to ensure their payments, immediately or in the near future,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Data controllers and data processors

Article R1111-26

…space is designed and implemented under the joint responsibility of the Minister for Health and the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie. The Minister for Health is responsible for steering and org…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 septies

The chargeable event for the tax provided for in article 266 sexies occurs and this tax is payable at the time when :1. The receipt of waste in a facility mentioned in 1 of I of article 266 sexies ;1a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-26

…on the company's social policy, working conditions and employment covers employment trends, qualifications, the multiannual training programme, training initiatives planned by the employer, apprentic…

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