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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R50-44

…ument of the person signing the certificate. The prior declaration of travel provided for in 3° and 4° of Article 706-25-7 shall specify the dates, the destination of the planned travel and the addres…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Aid for setting up and maintaining health professionals and health centres

Article R1511-44

The aid provided for in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 1511-8 may consist of:

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities

Article R112-4

…The general conditions for the allocation of financial aid, including temporary or experimental aid;4° The guidelines for the acquisition and deposit policy provided for in 5° of article L. 111-2 ; 5°…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-4

…mpetitions for access to civil service bodies and employment frameworks; 2° For category 2: a level 4 or 5 diploma within the meaning of the national register of professional qualifications or a quali…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Financing of vocational training

Article L6131-4

…ovisions of II, the contributions collected by the bodies mentioned in Articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code andArticle L. 723-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code in applicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1232-4

…bsidiaries and the acquisitions, extensions and sales of holdings referred to in Article L. 1233-2; 4° The general conditions governing the organisation and operation of the Agency, including the esta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D532-41

A branch authorised in accordance with Article L. 532-48 shall report the following information annually to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, which shall inform the Autorité des ma…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RIGHT TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Article R234-4

…ence before the end of the uninterrupted five-year period of residence provided for in article L. 234-1 in the following cases:1° They reach the age stipulated by the legislative or regulatory provisi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Declaration of a plot as abandoned

Article L2243-4

…ncerned are transferable ;3° Indicates the beneficiary in whose favour the expropriation is pursued;4° Fixes the amount of the provisional compensation allocated to the owners or holders of rights in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-11

…issued by the judge at the request of the protected person, one of the persons mentioned in article 494-1 or the Public Prosecutor, where it is found that the conditions set out in this article are no…

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