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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L652-3

A foreign national who applies to the administrative court for the annulment of the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory may accompany his appeal with a request to suspend its enf…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L653-3

A foreign national who applies to the administrative court for the annulment of the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory may accompany his appeal with a request to suspend its enf…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4216-2-3

A level of a workplace is exempt from the obligation to have safe waiting areas or equivalent spaces when it meets one of the following conditions: 1° It is located on the ground floor and has a suffi…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-3

Cosmetic products imported or made available on the market shall comply with the provisions of the aforementioned Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 Novem…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

The following shall be entered in the national register of companies, or filed to be appended thereto: 1° For the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 123-36, all the information, deeds and documents…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5422-2-3

If the regional inter-professional joint committee certifies that the employee's career plan is genuine and serious, the employee has six months from notification of the decision to submit an applicat…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-3

The following are not subject to AMF supervision1° The management of a statutory sickness and maternity insurance scheme and insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases, as referred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L7342-3

The worker benefits from the right of access to continuing vocational training provided for in Article L. 6312-2. The contribution to vocational training mentioned in article L. 6331-48 is paid by the…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for overseas departments.

Article R*214-3

By way of derogation from the second paragraph of article R. 211-23, frontier insurance taken out for the use in French Guyana of a vehicle that is not normally based in France or in a State mentioned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-3

Burial in a cemetery of a commune is due:1° To persons deceased on its territory, regardless of their domicile;2° To persons domiciled on its territory, even though they would have died in another com…

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