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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Employed foreign nationals

Article R421-1

The temporary residence permit bearing the word "employee" provided for in article L. 421-1 authorises the exercise of a professional activity under the conditions defined in articles R. 5221-1 et seq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Rent.

Article R145-10

The lease price for premises built for a single use may, by way of derogation from articles L. 145-33 and R. 145-3 et seq., be determined in accordance with the practices observed in the branch of act…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-26

When it is set up, the Steering Committee: 1° Appoints a chairman from among the members sitting under 1° of Article R. 1221-23; 2° Draw up its own rules of procedure.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R1213-8

The election of the representatives of the regions and the Corsican collectivity shall take place by means of ballot papers sent by registered post or lodged against receipts with the secretariat of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R57-15

The magistrate shall inform the person concerned that he or she may at any time request that a doctor check that the implementation of the procedure described in article R. 622-1 du code pénitentiaire…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-6

The Banque de France shall provide each person wishing to carry out the checks referred to in Article R. 131-5, or have them carried out by an authorised representative, with an access code for the fi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Organised trading systems

Article R425-2

The implied decision referred to in 1° of article R. * 425-1 arises at the end of a period of three months following the date of receipt of the application; the decision referred to in 2° arises at th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Referral to the industrial tribunal

Article R1452-5

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 1452-1, the defendant's summons to appear before the conciliation and referral office and, where the matter is directly referred to it,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-37

By way of derogation from 4° of article R. 311-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice, disputes arising from decisions of the National Commission shall be brought before the administrative court with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-13

For the application of article R. 1336-4 in Mayotte, the references to articles L. 4111-1 and L. 4111-3 of the Labour Code are replaced by the reference to article L. 233-1 of the Mayotte Labour Code.

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