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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Rights of asylum seekers

Article R754-18

The delegate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and his representatives shall have access to detention facilities under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 744-22 t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18

The provisions of article L. 2334-17 apply for the calculation of the synthetic index of resources and charges for municipalities with 5,000 to 9,999 inhabitants, subject to the substitution of the na…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-18

The inventory of local facilities is set by joint deliberations of the city council or Paris council and the arrondissement council, and, where applicable, amended in the same forms.In the event of di…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-18

A union is created between the sections of the same commune, provided that their union commission has been set up, at the request of the town council or one or more sections, by concordant deliberatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-18

With the exception of those whose full ownership is assigned to private individuals, and which are henceforth governed by the provisions of ordinary law, land on which, for whatever reason, the right…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure for deliberations.

Article L2541-18

An objection against a decision of the municipal council due to the participation of the mayor, a deputy mayor or members of the municipal council in a deliberation on matters in which they are person…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting.

Article L2512-18

The revenue and expenditure of the Paris fire brigade are entered in the special budget of the police prefecture.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Public auctions of municipal property

Article L2544-18

Complaints relating to the operations preceding the auction or to the auction itself shall, no later than the day of the auction, be addressed to the mayor either in writing or by oral statement taken…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2564-18

For the application to Mayotte of the first paragraph of article L. 2224-10, the words: "after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environmental Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-18

In villages and other places where the right mentioned in article L. 2542-15 cannot be exercised by the fabriques, the local authorities shall provide for it.

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