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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article R432-7

…thority competent to refer the matter to the residence permit commission pursuant to article L. 432-13 is the Prefect or, in Paris, the Prefect of Police.The request for an opinion is accompanied by t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 ter

Failure to respond or partial response to the formal notice referred to in III of Article L. 13 AA and in the second paragraph of article L. 13 AB of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Infringement of the obligation to present accounts in electronic form, cost accounting or consolidated accounts

Article 1729 E

Failure to present the cost accounting mentioned in II of Article L. 13 of the tax procedures book or the consolidated accounts mentioned in III of the same article is punishable by a fine equal to €2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Decisions and appeals

Article R824-22

…d of not less than five years. It may be made public under the conditions set out in article L. 824-13.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-25

…he information required to verify compliance with the annual ceiling referred to in article R. 7122-13.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Debt consolidation

Article L314-14

…erms and conditions under which the credit transactions referred to in articles L. 314-10 to L. 314-13 are concluded in order to guarantee that the borrower is properly informed are specified by decre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Specific powers.

Article R4523-4-1

…e extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee is convened, pursuant to Article L. 4523-13, are accidents which have led or may have led to serious consequences.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Operation and control.

Article L522-21

…directors and staff of general shop operations are, under the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the Penal Code, are bound by professional secrecy in all matters relating to the goods stored.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-7

A in Article L. 141-13, the words: "by Articles 638 and 653 of the General Tax Code" are replaced by the words: "by the provisions of the Tax Code applicable in New Caledonia relating to verbal transf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-10

…sation commission referred to in Article L. 4221-12 under the conditions set out in Article R. 4221-13-1.

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