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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Issue of approval

Article R7232-10

The authorisation issued to a legal entity or sole trader with several establishments may be modified if one of its establishments falls into one of the cases of withdrawal mentioned in article R. 723…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-31

The sale is again subject to articles L. 141-28 to L. 141-30 when it occurs more than two years after the date on which all employees were informed of the sale. If during this two-year period the work…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-1

Refugee status is recognised:1° To any person persecuted because of his or her action in favour of freedom;2° To any person over whom the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ex…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-8

The rules relating to the time limit for examining the application for planning permission, the formalities to be observed in letters of notification of the extension of the time limit for examination…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L422-3

The measures taken by the European Commission pursuant to Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L613-5

A foreign national who is notified of a ban on returning to French territory shall be informed that an alert for the purposes of refusing entry has been issued in the Schengen Information System, in a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Movement on French territory

Article R414-5

Subject to the specific provisions laid down in Articles R. 561-5 to R. 561-11, any travel document issued for a period of more than one year shall incorporate the security features and biometric elem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-16-2

For the purposes of preparing the income tax report referred to in Article L. 233-28-1, where the consolidating company and one of the controlled companies included in the consolidation, in accordance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-45

The Government Commissioner is the addressee of complaints concerning the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 as well as articles L. 321-24 and L. 321-28-1 and the persons authorised to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-17

Sales are carried out by the auctioneers attached to the establishment as appraisers. They are assisted, where necessary, by auctioneers and clerks chosen and paid by them. Failing this, sales are car…

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