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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

…d Nations on 14 December 1950;3° To any person who meets the definitions of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees.These persons are governed by the prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-14

For the application of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-8

The stipulations of the conventions or agreements mentioned in the preceding articles may be made binding within each sector of activity for all those concerned by order of the competent minister.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-12

Where a change of nationality is subject, under the terms of an international convention, to the performance of an act of option, the form of that act is determined by the law of the contracting count…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of programming groups and agreements

Article R212-17

…ment establishments shall be constituted as a legal entity.Programming agreements are the result of conventions concluded between exhibitors of cinematographic entertainment establishments.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Formal requirements.

Article L2231-4

Conventions and agreements as well as company or establishment agreements are drafted in French. Any clause drafted in a foreign language cannot be invoked against an employee who is prejudiced by it.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-33

…overed by a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, by an extended branch agreement or convention which makes provision for them.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

…a request for provisional arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Convention of 10 March 1995 on simplified extradition procedure between the Member States of the Eur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 165 bis

…Code to the contrary, all income the taxation of which is attributed to France by an international convention on double taxation shall be liable to income tax in France.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Contractual plan

Article D732-3

The proposed conventional recovery plan drawn up by the commission is notified to the creditors by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Creditors have 30 days in which to reject the prop…

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