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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative detention facilities

Article R744-8

When, due to particular circumstances, in particular time or place, foreign nationals detained pursuant to this Title cannot be placed immediately in an administrative detention centre, the Prefect ma…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for visiting the foreign national's home

Article R733-8

The application is sent by any means to the court registry.The registrar registers it and stamps it and any attachments with the date and time of receipt.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Surrender and removal in the event of a serious threat to public order

Article R621-8

When, at the end of the consultations provided for in Article R. 621-7, the State which granted long-term resident - EU status maintains the right of residence on its territory or suspends the withdra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Detention of asylum seekers and transmission of their application to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-8

The submission, investigation and judgment by the administrative courts of appeals for annulment lodged against the decisions to keep persons in detention referred to in the first paragraph of article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Deposit of a sum by the transport company that has disembarked a foreign national without the required documents

Article R821-8

…L. 821-12. If no deposit is made, this is mentioned under the same conditions.The sum deposited is handed over without delay to an accountant from the Directorate General of Public Finances.

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

Article R751-8

…heir request, to an assessment of their state of vulnerability by the French Office for Immigration and Integration under the agreement provided for in article R. 744-19 and, if necessary, by a doctor…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 8

…0 scale of the allowance for asylum seekers I. Scale applicable with the exception of French Guiana and Saint-Martin The daily amount of the asylum seeker's allowance is defined according to the follo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Real estate and business assets located in France and vested in persons domiciled abroad - Obligations imposed on the purchaser

Article 803

Any purchaser of a property or business located in France and belonging to an estate devolving to one or more heirs, legatees or donees having their de facto or de jure domicile abroad, may not be rel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Shareholdings in commercial companies other than those referred to in 8° of Article L. 4211-1

Article R4211-8

…ons offering every guarantee of independence, good repute, competence in the valuation of companies and company shares and knowledge of the business sector concerned and the local market.This report i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Portion of global contract performance reserved for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article L2171-8

…e minimum proportion of the contract performance that the contractor undertakes to entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises or craftsmen. This minimum share is established under conditions laid d…

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