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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R442-3

…nt"; 6° In article R. 430-2, the reference to article R. 431-22 is deleted;6° bis In article R. 431-15-2, the words: "authorises its holder to carry out a professional activity on the territory of mai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Management of radiological emergencies

Article R1333-86

…L. 1333-15 of the Defence Code, as well as the Institut de Radioprotection et d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-6

…statement of objections in respect of the same facts and the same person pursuant to Article L. 621-15.The Autorité des marchés financiers may not issue a statement of objections against a person in r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-2

I.-Where the author has transferred all or part of his rights on an exclusive basis, he may, in the absence of any exploitation of his work, terminate ipso jure the transfer of all or part of those ri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-3

I.-Where the performer has transferred all or part of his rights on an exclusive basis, he may, in the absence of any exploitation of his performance, terminate ipso jure the transfer of all or part o…

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

Article L1132-1

No person may be excluded from a recruitment or appointment procedure or from access to an internship or period of training in a company, and no employee may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-4-1

…eport provided for in Article 6 and the risk factors mentioned in Annexes II and III of Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-10

…revenue generated by feature films is greater than €307,500 and less than or equal to €1,230,000;- 159.81% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €1,230,000 and less than or equal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IV: Obligations and contracts.

Article 1441-3

…hin a period of one month on applications submitted to it pursuant to Article 11 of Order no. 2009-515 of 7 May 2009 relating to the appeal procedures applicable to public procurement contracts.III.-.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article R692-10

…s, the application for authorisation of redundancies is filed by the insolvency practitioner of the main insolvency proceedings at the registry of the competent court. Attached to this application are…

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