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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-14

A foreign national who has been authorised to reside in France on the basis of family reunification under the conditions laid down in Chapter IV of Title III, who has entered France legally and whose…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-15

…y or between his/her sixteenth and eighteenth birthdays if he/she falls within the scope of article L. 421-35, a temporary residence permit bearing the words "vie privée et familiale" ("private and fa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-17

…isation to reside in France for the purposes of family reunification, be withdrawn or refused renewal.Where the breakdown in cohabitation occurred prior to the application for the permit, the administ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-19

…residence permit of a foreign national who does not fall into the categories mentioned in articles L. 631-2, L. 631-3 and L. 631-4 may be withdrawn if the holder has brought in his or her spouse or c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-18

…e residence permit of the foreign national admitted for family reunification and will grant a renewal. In the event of violence committed after the spouse's arrival in France but before the temporary…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Charges or reductions for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L112-11

Payment service providers may not contractually restrict the possibility for a payee to apply charges, offer a discount to the payer or otherwise direct the payer to use a particular payment instrumen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Charges or reductions for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L112-13

…ction. The payer is only required to pay the charges referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 112-12 and in the first paragraph of this Article if he was aware of their total amount before in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Charges or reductions for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L112-12

Where the payee of a payment offers a discount to the payer for the use of a given payment instrument, the payee shall inform the payer before the payment transaction is initiated.The payee may not ch…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-5-2

When a change in the classification mentioned in 1° of Article R. 5121-36 is authorised, on the basis of preclinical and clinical studies considered to be significant during the scientific evaluation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10-1

…s relationship, product or transaction appears to them to be high, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall implement the provisions of Articles L. 561-5, L. 561-5-1 and L. 561-6 in the form of…

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