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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L592-2

For the application of the provisions of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° With the exception of articles L. 511-7, L. 512-2, L. 520-1, L. 521-3, L. 521-14, L. 531-26 to L. 531-28, L. 531-30, L. 561-3…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reintegration into French nationality

Article 24-2

Persons who have lost French nationality due to marriage to a foreigner or the acquisition by individual measure of a foreign nationality may, subject to the provisions of article 21-27, be reinstated…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-6

…loans and risks underwritten, as referred to in Article 58 of Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 on the separation and regulation of banking activities, is sent to the Banque de France by the insurance comp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CALCULATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND EXPLOITATION OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORKS

Article 810-1

The rates or coefficients used to calculate the investment allowances referred to in articles 211-26, 211-28, 211-29, 222-4, 232-6 and 232-7, as well as the rates used to calculate and the ceilings fo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE WHEN THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION IS UNDER THE COMPETENCE OF ANOTHER STATE

Article R571-1

…fter fulfilling the obligations set out in article R. 521-7, the asylum seeker is given the asylum application certificate referred to in article L. 571-1. It specifies that the foreign national is th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work

Article R3163-1

The sectors in which the particular characteristics of the activity justify, in application of articles L. 3163-2 and L. 6222-26, the granting of a derogation from the ban on night work for young work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-28-2

When the duration of the apprenticeship contract or period is longer than the duration of the training cycle preparing for the qualification which is the subject of the contract, in application of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours

Article R6222-24

The exemption from the ban on night work for apprentices, provided for in article L. 6222-26, is granted by the Labour Inspector for a maximum period of one year, renewable. The Labour Inspector will…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Social protection of practitioners.

Article R6154-27

The provisions of articles R. 6154-25 and R. 6154-26 are applicable to hospital practitioners seconded as university hospital practitioners, in application of article 82 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-186

Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-185, L. 22-10-56 and L. 22-10-57 are applicable to investment certificates, cooperative investment certificates and cooperative shareholder certificates.

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