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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-35

For the written test, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law, excluding however codes annotated and commented on, article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-38

The application for inclusion on the list of persons mentioned in article R. 811-27 is examined in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 811-29 and R. 811-31 to R. 811-35.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-179

I. - Where the securitisation company is incorporated as a société anonyme, notwithstanding Titles II and III of Book II of the French Commercial Code :1° The ordinary general meeting may be held with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

LASER OPTICAL RADIATIONThe physical exposure variables that are relevant from a biophysical point of view are chosen according to the wavelength and duration of the radiation emitted by the source. Mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Collection and control of contributions.

Article L5422-16

The contributions provided for in 1° to 3° of article L. 5422-9 as well as articles L. 5422-11 and L. 5424-20 are collected and controlled by the bodies responsible for collection mentioned in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-12

I. - If the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, when appointed as coordinator, finds that the regulated entities of a financial conglomerate comply with the requirements referred to in A…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: MEASURES APPLICABLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A DECISION OF EXPULSION, A PENALTY OF BANNING FROM FRENCH TERRITORY OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE BAN FROM FRENCH TERRITORY IN CASE OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L753-10

The president of the administrative court or the designated magistrate shall grant the foreign national's application where the foreign national presents serious evidence of such a nature as to justif…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: MEASURES APPLICABLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A DECISION OF EXPULSION, A PENALTY OF BANNING FROM FRENCH TERRITORY OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE BAN FROM FRENCH TERRITORY IN CASE OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L753-11

The suspension of removal does not put an end to the foreign national's house arrest or detention, which shall continue under the conditions and within the limits laid down in this book.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis for free transfer tax

Article 776 A

In accordance with article 1078-3 of the Civil Code, the agreements provided for by articles 1078-1 and 1078-2 of the same code are not subject to gratuitous transfer duties. The first paragraph appli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-26

The examination to test knowledge is organised at least once a year. The dates and locations of the tests are set by the Minister of Justice and published four months before the date of the first test…

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