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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Obtaining a multi-annual residence permit without a change of reason

Article L433-5

…426-22; 5° La carte de séjour temporaire portant la mention " stagiaire " prévue à l'article L. 426-23.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-6

…tion of the provisions of articles :a) L. 1251-18 concerning remuneration ;b) L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-23 concerning working conditions ;c) L. 1251-24 concerning access to collective means of transport a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment and related services

Article L754-13

…pplication of I: 1° In Article L. 322-2, the references to Articles L. 312-18, L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 are deleted; 2° In Article L. 322-6, the reference to Article L. 312-18 is deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article R526-27

…vity referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 526-22, and without prejudice to articles D. 123-235 and D. 123-236, the sole trader uses a name incorporating his surname or usual name immediate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit

Article R561-37

…561-30-2, the TRACFIN department shall inform the person designated pursuant to I of Article R. 561-23 , in writing and by any means, of the transmission to the public prosecutor of the information me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-30

…the interim pharmacist delegate designated by the competent authority mentioned in articles R. 5124-23 to R. 5124-28-1 ; 2° Or, failing that, by an assistant pharmacist from the same company or organi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D45-1-5

…ph of article 362 of the present code, if the provisions of the first two paragraphs of article 132-23 of the penal code are applicable, the president shall inform the jurors of the consequences of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article R533-16-0

…nformation may be communicated at the same time as the annual report provided for in article L. 214-23 or the report provided for in article L. 214-24-19, or the report provided for in article L. 533-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L3121-9-1

…for the adoption of the initial budget, nor for the application of articles L. 3121-22 and L. 3121-23. The departmental council meets in a single location at least once every six months. When the dep…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-28

…ulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, classified in Level 1 as provided for in Article R. 351-23, in the event of non-hedging of the Solvency Capital Requirement or where such distribution is on…

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