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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-11

…the words "seeking employment or setting up a business" is issued pursuant to 1° of article L. 422-10, its holder is authorised, during the period of validity of this permit, to seek and hold a job r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-6

…he judicial representative remains subject to the provisions of articles L. 812-8, L. 812-9, L. 812-10, L. 814-1-1 and L. 814-5. The person mentioned in III of article L. 812-2 remains subject to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-5

…d for transfer of authorisations to open, as provided for in Articles R. 5124-6, R. 5124-7, R. 5124-10, R. 5124-10-1, R. 5124-10-2, R. 5124-13 and R. 5124-14 , as well as the content of the file attac…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Composite insurance undertakings

Article R352-35

…L. 352-5, insurance undertakings undertaking both the risks referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 310-1 calculate: a) A notional amount of the life Minimum Capital Requirement, in respect of their li…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-2

…Law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014;- that mentioned in Article 38 of Law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016;- a fraction equal to €1.77 per hectolitre for E10…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-12

…articles L. 115-10 et L. 115-11; 2° The t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

…provisional arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Convention of 10 March 1995 on simplified extradition procedure between the Member States of the European Union, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-31

…dant or by any other person having authority over the victim, as provided for in articles 222-8,222-10,222-12,222-13 and 222-14 of the Penal Code; 4° Threats committed by the victim's spouse or partne…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-6

Any promoter whose civil liability is not covered by the insurance provided for in article L. 1121-10 shall be punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article L443-2

…axes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code are set out in I of article L. 2574-10 of the General Local Authorities Code.

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