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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Foreign nationals who have been admitted to reside in another Member State

Article R421-47

…er than 90 days from the date of submission of the complete application. As an exception to article R. 432-2, silence kept by the administrative authority on the application gives rise to an implicit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R233-4

Without prejudice to the provisions of the third paragraph of article L. 233-4, citizens of the European Union subject to transitional measures by their accession treaty who wish to work in France are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-21-4

…ng activity related to the exercise of local mandates in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 6313-1 to D. 6313-3-2, R. 6323-31 to R. 6323-40, R. 6323-45, and R. 6351-1 to R. 6363-1 of the La…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-48-1

The purpose of the compliance function referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 356-1 is, in particular, to advise the Chief Executive Officer or the Management Board, as well as the Board of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article R661-4

…The clerk of the court of appeal shall notify the debtor and the persons mentioned in 4° of article R. 661-6.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-4

…he sports associations organising sporting competitions mentioned in the third paragraph of article R. 132-2, referees and judges, doctors and administrative staff of the league and its members, as we…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-4

…strial property attorney has not produced proof that he fulfils the conditions laid down in Article R. 422-2, and in particular those required by 4° of that Article, he shall be given formal notice by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R4134-4

I. - An order of the regional prefect sets, by application of the rules defined in articles R. 4134-1 and R. 4134-3, the list of organisations of all kinds represented on the regional economic, social…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Permanence of care in health care institutions

Article R6111-41

…t care service referred to in article L. 6111-1-3. On the basis of the diagnosis defined in article R. 1434-4, this section assesses the needs of the population and sets targets, for the areas defined…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Exceptional situations involving work performed in a hyperbaric environment

Article R4461-49

…ness certificate, subject to implementing the necessary safety measures as defined in 3° of Article R. 4461-7. He shall record this intervention in the individual hyperbaric logbook of the worker conc…

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