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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: RIGHT TO STAY ON FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L542-2

…ate other than their country of origin or a decision to surrender on the basis of a European arrest warrant or a request for surrender by an international criminal court.The provisions of this article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-5

…sidence or to any other service designated by the prefecture. If the dangerousness of the person so warrants, the sentencing court or, in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-6, the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Arrangements for placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article R61-8

…of the town where this court sits. If the importance of the cases to be handled by the committee so warrants, the first president of the court of appeal may appoint one or more vice-presidents of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…consulted prior to the definition of these conditions and thresholds. "7° In Article L. 421-10, the reference to Article 44 sexies-0 A of the General Tax Code is replaced by the reference to the provi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-6

…rence between the interest rate that it would be possible to withdraw from the assets included in a reference portfolio in that currency and the rates of the corresponding relevant risk-free interest…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

When the directors of a commercial company processing agricultural products, marketing food products, operating, directly or indirectly, one or more retail shops selling mass-market products or operat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation.

Article L1271-5

For jobs where the working time does not exceed three hours per week over a reference period of four weeks, the employer and the employee who use the universal service employment voucher are deemed to…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article L133-19

…tourist resort shall bring its jobs into line with the demographic category to which it belongs by reference to its total population according to the latest census, at the rate of job vacancies recor…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-8

…e price to which the variation applies, as well as the rate of the currency or currencies used as a reference when establishing the price appearing in the contract. In the event of a price reduction,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion into an attachment for sale

Article R522-7

…ence of his claim shall serve on the debtor a conversion deed containing, on pain of nullity : 1° A reference to the report of the protective attachment; 2° A statement of the writ of execution; 3° A…

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