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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest or administrative detention

Article L753-1

The administrative authority may assign to residence or place in detention a foreigner applying for asylum who is the subject of a deportation decision, a penalty of ban from French territory pursuant…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article L1251-1

The purpose of temporary work is for a temporary employment agency to make an employee available on a temporary basis to a client for the purpose of carrying out an assignment.Each assignment gives ri…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Public contracts concluded in application of international rules

Article L2512-1

The rules defined in Title II apply to public contracts which must be concluded in accordance with the procedures laid down by : 1° An international agreement or administrative arrangement relating to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe (closed-end investment companies whose shares are traded on a financial instruments market)

Article L214-137

Articles L. 22-10-62, the first paragraph of Article L. 225-210 and Articles L. 225-211 and L. 22-10-64 of the French Commercial Code do not apply to SICAFs covered by this sub-paragraph.A SICAF cover…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe (closed-end investment companies whose shares are traded on a financial instruments market)

Article L214-136

The provisions of this sub-section apply to SICAFs whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market for financial instruments referred to in Article L. 421-1 or on a multilateral trading fac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-1

An employer established outside France may temporarily second employees to France, provided that an employment contract exists between the employer and the employee and that their employment relations…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with measures taken for the automatic enforcement of a removal order

Article L824-12

It is punishable by three years' imprisonment for a foreigner to re-enter France without authorisation after having been the subject of a decision to surrender to the authorities of another State, a b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with measures taken for the automatic enforcement of a removal order

Article L824-11

A foreigner who is subject to an administrative ban on entry, a ban on returning to French territory, a deportation order or a French territorial ban is liable to three years' imprisonment for re-ente…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A SINGLE OPERATION

Article L1541-1

I. - Within the scope of its powers other than the exercise of missions of sovereignty, a territorial authority or a group of territorial authorities may create, with at least one economic operator sh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV: Request for a formal statement of position

Article L1824-1

I.-The provisions of Chapter VI of the single title of Book I of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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