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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Professional activity

Article L414-11

Article L. 414-10 does not apply when the foreign national holds one of the following residence permits: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article L6214-2

…al biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, the provisions of Articles L. 6211-10, L. 6211-19 and L. 6212-3 are applicable only to laboratories on the list provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-138

…uired are calculated after deduction of the shares they own. The procedure provided for in articles L. 225-147 and L. 22-10-53 is not applicable. When the Extraordinary General Meeting waives pre-empt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after the registration of the European Cooperative Society

Article L2364-1

When a European Cooperative Society is registered, the agreement referred to in article L. 2362-10 or a collective agreement concluded at the appropriate level may decide to abolish or to adjust the o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-12

…he time of the first elections or in the event of new elections organised in application of article L. 4123-10, lots are drawn to determine the number and identity of the members of the territorial co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: MEASURES FOLLOWING CONTROLS

Article L522-5

…s choice and inviting it to present, within a period specified by the decree referred to in Article L. 522-10, its written observations and, where appropriate, its oral observations. After this period…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Aid for redeployment and professional retraining.

Article L5123-6

…fit, it must, in order to give entitlement to the exemptions and deductions provided for in article L. 5422-10, be implemented in compliance with conditions determined by decree by the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L490-13

I.-Information obtained from the statements referred to in I of Article L. 464-10 and which can only be obtained by accessing the file of the proceedings concerned may be used by a party who has had a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-40

…course to an employee of a temporary employment undertaking in breach of the provisions of articles L. 1251-5 to L. 1251-7, L. 1251-10, L. 1251-11, L. 1251-12-1, L. 1251-30 and L. 1251-35-1, and of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-8

The provisions of articles L. 413-1, L. 413-3, L. 441-1, L. 451-1, L. 451-2, L. 451-5 and L. 454-1 to L. 454-4 of the French Consumer Code concerning the falsification of medicinal substances and the…

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