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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Foreign nationals who have left French territory after completing their studies and are returning to France

Article L422-14

A foreign national who has obtained, from a nationally accredited higher education establishment, a diploma at least equivalent to a master's degree or from a list set by decree and who, on completion…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-14

Articles L. 622-3 to L. 622-9, with the exception of article L. 622-6-1, and L. 622-13 to L. 622-33are applicable to the receivership proceedings, subject to the following provisions.An appraisal of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee institutions against the risk of non-payment.

Article L3253-14

The insurance provided for in article L. 3253-6 is implemented by an association created by representative national professional employers' organisations and approved by the administrative authority.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-14

In the judgment adopting the plan or amending it, the court may decide that assets that it considers essential to the continuation of the business may not be disposed of, for a period that it fixes, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

Victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis B or C virus or the human T-lymphotropic virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal prod…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-147

In the event of contributions in kind or the stipulation of special benefits, one or more contribution auditors shall be appointed unanimously by the shareholders or, failing this, by court decision.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Execution time for payment transactions and value dates

Article L133-14

I. - The value date of a sum credited to the payee's account may not be later than the business day on which the amount of the payment transaction is credited to the payee's payment service provider's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe statuts types

REGIONAL UNION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS REGIONAL FEDERATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Model statutes I. - Aim and composition of the association Article 1 a) With regard to regional unions of healthcare…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-14

I. - When goods suspected of infringing a copyright or related right are detained after a request referred to in Article L. 335-10 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a registered copyrig…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-14

The decisions referred to in this chapter are taken by the Director of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle under the conditions laid down in articles L. 411-4 et L. 411-5.

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