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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Short-stay visas

Article L312-1

…II and III of Title III of Regulation No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-2

…paragraph 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification and status of third-country nationals or statele…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-3-3

…is article benefit from the protection provided for in I and III of Article 10-1 and Articles 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising econo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-1

…s Title, with the exception of Articles L. 172-5, L. 172-11, L. 172-17, L. 172-26, L. 173-7, L. 173-13 (4°) and L. 173-21 (2°).

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2395-2

…ommercial Code, subject to the cases of automatic termination provided for in III of article L. 622-13 of the same code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-4

…228-3-2 is bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and penalties set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code. Professional secrecy may not be invoked against the judicial author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-8

…ed in the article L. 3253-14 of the Labour Code in application of the articles L. 3253-8 to L. 3253-13 of the same code shall give rise to a declaration to the tax authorities by the liquidator.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the court

Article R131-5

…ff of the National Court of Asylum are taken, subject to the reservations set out in article R. 121-13 of the Code of Administrative Justice, by the Vice-President of the Council of State on the propo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation decisions

Article R1333-127

…nd of their useful life.The characteristics of high activity sealed sources are defined in appendix 13-8 of this code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to elected employees (R).

Article R2123-15

…an employee must, when he wishes to benefit from the training leave referred to in article L. 2123-13, submit his request in writing to his employer at least thirty days in advance, specifying the da…

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