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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Support

Article L552-13

Asylum seekers accommodated in the accommodation facilities mentioned in article L. 552-1 benefit from social and administrative support.The minimum standards for social and administrative support in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the formation of the contract.

Article L6222-3

A decree shall determine the conditions for application of the derogations provided for in Article L. 6222-2, in particular the maximum period within which the apprenticeship contract referred to in 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Representative bodies and staff expression.

Article L6144-7

The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 6144-2, L. 6144-5 and L. 6144-6 and, unless otherwise provided and insofar as is necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-31

The interconsular grouping may be dissolved by decree issued on the report of the minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry, on the proposal of the chambers concerned.T…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679 A

The payroll tax due by associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901, foundations recognised as being in the public interest, cancer centres mentioned in article L. 6162-1 of the Public Health Cod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-1

I. - With effect from 2012, a national fund for the equalisation of inter-communal and communal resources is created for communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their ow…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Disengagement operations relating to agricultural or first-processed products

Article L122-24

Any advertising carried out outside shops relating to a clearance operation for food products or categories of food products defined by decree, with the exception of fresh fruit and vegetables, involv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 779

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the measures necessary for the implementation of articles 768 to 778, and in particular the conditions under which bulletins no. 1, 2 and 3 of the crimin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation through payment of an annual contribution.

Article L5212-10

The methods for calculating the annual contribution, which may not exceed the limit of 600 times the minimum hourly growth wage per beneficiary not employed, are determined by decree. For companies th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-51

The information at group level sent to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to II of Article L. 356-21 must be approved in advance: a) For the report on the solvency and finan…

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