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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article L744-6

On arrival at the detention centre, foreign nationals are notified of the rights they are likely to exercise with regard to their asylum application.To this end, they may benefit from legal and lingui…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principles.

Article L3253-6

All employers under private law shall insure their employees, including those seconded abroad or expatriates referred to in article L. 5422-13, against the risk of non-payment of sums due to them unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementation

Article L7332-6

The industrial tribunal has sole jurisdiction to hear disputes relating to the contract referred to in 2° of Article L. 7331-2. Any clause conferring jurisdiction included in a contract concluded betw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Determination of salary.

Article L7422-6

In the absence of an extended collective labour agreement or where the wages practised in the workshop are significantly higher than the hourly rates provided for by the applicable collective labour a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-6

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences provided for in articles L. 335-2 to L. 335-4-2 may also be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be inf…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-6

Where, in the course of the contract, personal data is processed by the trader, a failure on his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and the loi n° 78-1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article L243-6

Any insurance undertaking which continues to refuse to underwrite a risk for which the premium has been set by the Bureau Central de Tarification shall be deemed no longer to be operating in accordanc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-61

The persons referred to in Article L. 511-13 are required to be actively involved in the management of all significant risks incurred by the credit institution or finance company as well as in the val…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-6

Failure to comply with any of the prohibitions set out in article L. 521-4 is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000.The court may also order the posting or broadcasting of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions.

Article L4443-6

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the following is added to article L. 4231-4: "An agreement between the Conseil national de l'ordre and the professional body of New Caledonia…

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