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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO RESIDENCE IN FRANCE

Article R822-1

If a foreign national subject to the obligation to guarantee repatriation is no longer able to produce the transport ticket or bank certificate referred to in article R. 313-5, the offence will be pun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-11

The opposition against the decision of the town council referred to in article L. 2541-9 and against the finding referred to in Article L. 2541-10 is brought before the administrative court within ten…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-8-4

The Autorité des marchés financiers may obtain from the persons or entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9 any documents or information, regardless of the medium, that is relevant to the perfor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-69

The applications referred to in Article R. 15-33-67 addressed to bodies or legal entities falling within one of the categories referred to in Article R. 15-33-68 shall be subject to a procedure laid d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Territorial boundaries and administrative centre

Article D2112-1

The prefect's orders amending the territorial boundaries of the communes, referred to in article L. 2112-5, are published in the prefecture's recueil des actes administratifs. Mention is made in the J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-15-1

The banking and payment services intermediaries referred to in I and III of article R. 519-4 shall ensure that their staff who carry out credit intermediation activities referred to in article L. 313-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article R545-1

The tied agents referred to inarticle L. 545-4 must not have been subject to :a) a final conviction referred to in II ofarticle L. 500-1 within the last ten years ;b) a sanction provided for in 3° to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Training

Article R4412-142

…s, procedures and criteria for the accreditation of certifying bodies on the basis of the technical reference system defined by the body responsible for accreditation ; 2° The conditions, procedures a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Powers.

Article R4532-27

A coordinator who has exercised his function at a given level of competence for five years may be recognised as having the level of competence immediately above, if he has previously acquired, on comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance

Article R5132-1-9

The issue of the receipt referred to in the last paragraph of article R. 5132-1-6 entitles the holder to the financial aid referred to in article L. 5132-3 for each employment contract concluded with…

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