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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Accessibility obligations

Article L323-1

The investment service provider defined in article L. 531-1, the entity providing investment services without being subject to the authorisation procedure provided for in article L. 531-2 and the fina…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Enforcement of administrative court decisions

Article L614-17

…nt a period for voluntary departure is annulled, the surveillance measures provided for in articles L. 731-1, L. 731-3, L. 741-1 and L. 743-13 are immediately terminated, and the president of the admi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-14

…esulting from the simplified accounting obligations provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 526-13 are filed each year with the register to which the individual private limited company belo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Appeal procedures

Article L342-15

The procedural or formal rules set out in articles L. 342-8, L. 342-10 are also applicable before the Cour de cassation.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-12

The decision on house arrest taken pursuant to article L. 731-1 may be challenged under the conditions provided for in article L. 732-8.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-9

An employee benefiting from the rights provided for in Articles L. 3142-6 to L. 3142-8 may not engage in any other professional activity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-16

Subject to the provisions of 3° of article L. 6431-8, the costs of transfer and care mentioned in 3° of article L. 6431-4 are borne by the agency.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution

Article L5212-33

…r intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status or to a mixed union falling within the articles L. 5711-1 or L. 5721-2 of the services for which it was established. In the latter case, the member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4132-7

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 4124-10-1, L. 4132-8 and L. 4132-8-1, the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance of the Ordre des Médecins comprises eight full members and eight alternate mem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-9

The sums owed by the owner under articles L. 1331-2, L. 1331-3 and L. 1331-6 to L. 1331-8 are collected in the same way as direct taxes. Claims are presented and judged in the same way as for direct t…

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