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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-24

In cases where the law does not provide for exemption, the applicant referred to in article R. 431-12 pays the special tax relating to the issue of the residence permit.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Opinion of the mayor

Article R434-24

The mayor, if approached for this purpose by the prefect or, in Paris, by the police prefect, has two months in which to forward to the latter his opinion on the applicant for family reunification's c…

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

Article R531-24

For the application of the provisions of 1° of Article L. 531-24, the persons or associations mentioned in Article L. 531-25 shall refer the matter to the Chairman of the Office's Board of Directors b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Closure of the investigation

Article R532-24

When the written investigation is closed, only the production of the originals of the documents previously communicated in copy remains admissible until the end of the hearing.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Payment of the allowance

Article D553-24

…llowance ceases in the following cases:1° At the end of the periods provided for in article L. 551-13, under the conditions provided for in the same article;2° When the foreign national's right to mai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Health department

Article R1424-28

A commission on fitness to perform the duties of a volunteer firefighter is set up within the health subdirectorate, the members of which are the doctors sitting on the advisory commission provided fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-28

The medical-psychological emergency units include professionals specialised or competent in mental health who have received specific training under the conditions mentioned in 2° of article R. 6311-25…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

…performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural documents def…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper

Article L314-28

…with the nature of the distance contract concluded or the financial service provided, the borrower may, immediately and at any time during the credit transaction, object by any means to the use of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-28

For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences referred to in Article 706-26, the visits, searches and seizures provided for by Article 59 may be carried out outside the hours provide…

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