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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 R443-2

…5 and R. 414-6 In Title II R. 421-1 to R. 421-5 R. 421-7 and R. 421-8R. 421-9from decree no. 2021-1222 of 23 September 2021R. 421-10 to R. 421-15 R. 421-21 to R. 421-29 R. 421-31 R. 421-33Decree no.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-3

The joint training mentioned in Article L. 2212-1 is carried out as part of : 1° For employees, either the economic, social and trade union training leave provided for in article L. 2145-5, or the tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

…blishments providing home hospital care;21° One representative of health centres and health centres;22° One representative of territorial professional health communities;23° One representative of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-2

…stitutions, departments, the metropolis of Lyon" are deleted;2° (Repealed);3° The words: ", L. 5215-22" are deleted.III. - For the application of Article L. 5721-3 :1° The word: "départements," is del…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-2

…ofessions for which a European professional card, referred to in Article 1 of Order No 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016 on the recognition of professional qualifications of regulated professions, is impl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…substances with a well-established use and which is the subject of the dossier mentioned in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on ve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

I.-A.-The provisions of C apply if a credit institution or finance company is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliame…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

Any software publisher, any technical system manufacturer and any service operator may, in the event of refusal of access to information essential to interoperability, ask the Audiovisual and Digital…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-1

I. - Only the following may act as UCITS depositories: 1° The Banque de France ; 2° The Caisse des dépôts et consignations ; 3° Credit institutions having their registered office in France; 4° Credit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter D

I. - The tax credit defined in'article 244 quater E is deducted from the income tax due by the taxpayer in respect of the year during which the assets eligible for the scheme are acquired, created or…

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