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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-2

…aced by the words: "in the territory of the local authority"; 4° A paragraph is added to article L. 421-8 as follows: "The conditions of issue and salary thresholds may differ for the collectivities g…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-3

…pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 221-3, the last paragraph of article 221-4 and article 421-7 of the Penal Code. When the convicted person is serving several sentences with a security peri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-3-1

…In application of 4° of article L. 2111-1 and article L. 2111-2 of this code, as well as article L. 421-17-1 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles, the president of the departmental council…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-1

Any person qualified in industrial property registered on the list provided for in Article R. 421-1 may request to be entered, with the same indication of specialisation, on the list of industrial pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article D214-32-31

…1, may be admitted to trading on a regulated market for financial instruments defined in Article L. 421-1 or on a multilateral trading facility defined in Article L. 424-1 , provided that such admissi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Foreign nationals entrusted to the child welfare service

Article L423-22

In the year following their eighteenth birthday or if they come under the provisions of article L. 421-35, foreign nationals who were entrusted to the child welfare service or to a trustworthy third p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-10

…residence permit bearing the wording "talent-researcher passport" issued on the basis of article L. 421-14 and have completed their research work, shall be issued with a temporary residence permit bea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-3-1

…ldminder is taking in more children than authorised by the authorisation provided for in article L. 421-4 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, request the information necessary for them to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-17

…of notification of the region's participation, the procedure provided for in e and f of article L. 421-11 of the Education Code shall be applied, subject to the second paragraph of article L. 114-13…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-18

…prescribed pursuant to this article, it shall be deemed not to meet the requirements of article L. 421-3 and the Minister may have the inspection carried out automatically, in place of and at the exp…

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