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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-1

…period of forty-eight hours, a foreign national who is in one of the cases provided for in article L. 731-1 when he or she does not present effective guarantees of representation to prevent a risk of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-14

The Paris-Ile-de-France regional chamber of commerce and industry exercises all the powers devolved to any regional chamber of commerce and industry. The departmental chambers of commerce and industry…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Member and former member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2411-10

…ompany social and economic committee may only take place with the authorisation of the labour inspector. This authorisation is also required during the six months following the expiry of the term of o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

The provisions of article L. 1522-1 concerning the majority shareholding of local authorities and their groupings are not applicable: 1° To semi-public companies set up under the Decree-Laws of 5 Nove…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1251-1

Only persons registered on a national list, regardless of where they live, may receive an organ, cornea or other tissue transplant, the list of which is set by decree, after receiving the opinion of t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracts comprising severable services

Article L1321-1

Where a purchaser decides to enter into a single contract even though the contract relates to objectively separable services which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law governing contracts…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts comprising inseparable services

Article L1322-1

Where a purchaser concludes a single contract relating to objectively indissociable services which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law of contracts provided for in Book I of Part Two or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Acquisition of assets and assignment of contracts

Article L2231-1

…including, where appropriate, by means of expropriation.It may, with the agreement of the co-contractor concerned, assign all or part of the contracts entered into by the purchaser that may contribute…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-10

Shares are only negotiable after the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. In the event of a capital increase, the shares may be traded as from the completion of the increas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-19

The holders of preference shares, formed into a special meeting, have the option of appointing one of the company's statutory auditors, if any, to draw up a special report on the company's compliance…

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