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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose, organisation and operation

Article D6352-28

…social and economic committee. The management of collective centres is subject to the control of a commission made up of three employers' representatives and three employees' representatives.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Unified group nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article D6132-13-10

…ointment procedures within the grouping's unified nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care commission, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-23

The execution of a European arrest warrant may also be refused if the act which is the subject of the said arrest warrant does not constitute an offence under French law.By way of derogation from the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the investigating, trial or enforcement court that has issued an arrest warrant shall execute it in the form of a European arrest warrant either at the request of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-1

To be registered on the list of statutory auditors, a natural person must meet the following conditions: 1° Be French, a national of a Member State of the European Union, of a State party to the Agree…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1386

Where a counterclaim does not fall within the scope of the European Small Claims Procedure, the court shall notify the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. It shall inform the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Intermediary parent companies

Article R517-9

For the purposes of determining the threshold of 40 billion euros set out in Article L. 517-11, the total value of the assets in the European Union of a group whose parent undertaking is established i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-1

I.-In order to work as an employee in France, the following persons must hold a work permit if they are employed in accordance with the provisions of this code: 1° Foreign nationals who are not nation…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: CONDITIONS OF RECEPTION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L550-3

In accordance with article L. 240-1, the provisions of this Title apply to non-EU foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: Special rules for international notifications.

Article 683

Service of judicial and extrajudicial documents to or from abroad shall be governed by the rules laid down in this section, subject to the application of European regulations and international treatie…

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