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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-21

The assessment criteria mentioned in 1° of article R. 5221-20 are not applicable when the application for a work permit is submitted for the benefit of: 1° The foreign national referred to in the seco…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5215-17

In urban communities of at least 400,000 inhabitants, the allowances voted by the community council for the effective exercise of the mandate of community councillor are at most equal to 28% of the re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-22

For the application of article R. 622-17, the obligation to declare is incumbent on the administrator, where his task is to administer the company alone. For the application of article R. 622-20, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment during school holidays

Article D4153-3

Minors may not work more than thirty-five hours a week or seven hours a day. Their remuneration may not be less than the minimum growth wage, taking into account a deduction of no more than 20%.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Substitution of the user for the modelling agency in the event of insufficient security

Article R7123-40

The user who has paid the sums defined in article R. 7123-20 that are still due is subrogated, up to the same amount, to all the rights of the employees and the social security bodies against the mode…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-2

…ablishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status on the date of promulgation of loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République may not belon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-43-1

The persons mentioned in c of article L. 621-18-2, who have close personal ties with one of the persons mentioned in a or b of the same article, are :1° Their spouse who is not legally separated or th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-1

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure that the constitution and operation of the decision-making and governing bodies of the persons referred to in 1° to 3°, 5° and 9° to 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-4

Articles L. 312-19, L. 312-20 and L. 312-21-1 are applicable to accounts opened in the books of persons providing investment or related services as provided for in Articles L. 321-1 and L. 321-2.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L761-2

Articles L. 700-2, L. 722-7, L. 722-12, L. 732-8, L. 743-20, L. 751-1 to L. 751-13, L. 754-2, L. 754-4 and L. 754-5 are not applicable in Guadeloupe.

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