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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-4

I.-A failure by a manufacturer, authorised representative or importer of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, whose registered office is located on French territory, to regist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-9

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-1

The costs of vocational training are compensated in accordance with the procedure set out in Articles L. 1614-1, L. 1614-2 and L. 1614-3. A regional fund for continuing vocational training is created…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Traffic

Article L414-8

The residence permits mentioned in Article L. 414-7 are as follows: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "temporary worker" provided for in Article L. 421-3; 2° The temporary residenc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L311-2

A foreign national does not satisfy the conditions for entry into French territory when he is in the following situations:1° His presence in France would constitute a threat to public order ;2° He or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Taxes, levies and other income allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image)

Article L116-5

The following are allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée :1° Proceeds from the reimbursement of advances on receipts granted before 1 January 1996 for the production of cinema…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

Effective technological measures intended to prevent or limit uses not authorised by the holders of a copyright or a right related to copyright in a work, other than software, a performance, a phonogr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L446-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable locally and in comp…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L445-2

For the application of this book in French Polynesia: 1° Access to work for foreigners is exercised under the conditions provided for by the legislation and regulations applicable locally and in compl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-42

The urban community may be dissolved at the request of the municipal councils of the communes that it brings together, deciding by a vote of at least two thirds of the municipal councils of the commun…

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