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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

The interruption or notification of non-renewal of a temporary employee's assignment by the temporary employment contractor may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector when the emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical devices and other products and articles regulated in the interests of public health.

Article L5522-2

For application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Of Articles L. 5211-1, L. 5211-3-1, L. 5212-2, L. 5221-1, L. 5221-4 and L. 5222-3, the provisions relating to the use of the European database on me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-11

I.-The payee's payment service provider shall apply effective procedures to detect whether, in the messaging or payment and settlement system used to effect a transfer of funds, the fields required to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-3

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

I.-On receipt of a reasoned request from the employer specifying the compensatory measures he is planning, the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment or the au…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

I.-The provisions of Title II of Book V of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, insofar as they apply to communes and their groupings, are applicable to semi-public companies…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

1. For the purposes of this Code, all goods the import or export of which is prohibited on any grounds whatsoever, or subject to restrictions, quality or packaging rules or special formalities, are de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-22

I. - Where the payment order is given by the payer, his payment service provider shall, subject to Article L. 133-5, the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 133-21 and Article L. 133-24, be liab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-24

The professional practice standard relating to the intervention of an expert, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP-620. NEP-620 Intervention by an expert Introduction 01. Pursuant…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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