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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-3

…exercise of rights and duties associated with life in France and the organisation of French society;2° Language training prescribed by the State, aimed at acquiring the French language ;3° Vocational…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-1

The sentence enforcement judge may provide that the sentence will be served under the semi-liberty or work release scheme either in the event of a sentence of one or more custodial sentences whose tot…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 D

…nal requests relating to this type of requisition: €12 per person individually named in the request;2° Requisitions made without indicating a person or additional requests relating to this type of req…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 800-1

The costs of criminal, correctional and police justice shall be borne by the State and without recourse against the convicted person or the civil party, subject to the cases provided for in the last t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope, quality limits and references.

Article R1321-5

…or which specific points are defined by the decrees mentioned in articles R. 1321-2 and R. 1321-3 ; 2° For bottled or contained water, at the points where the water is bottled or contained; for spring…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Borrowings

Article D6145-72-3

I.-The institutions authorised by the Regional Health Agency to sign a contract for the assignment of receivables notified as a discount pursuant to article D. 6145-72-2 are included in the regional c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article D6152-913

The bonuses and allowances mentioned in 2° of Article R. 6152-912 are : 1° Indemnities for participation in on-call care ; 2° Flat-rate allowances for any period of additional voluntary work beyond th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration procedure for travel agents and other operators selling travel and holidays.

Article R211-20

The application for registration in the register referred to in a. of article L. 141-3 must be sent in writing, by electronic means if necessary, to the registration commission referred to in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L4031-2

…union of doctors are divided into two colleges comprising respectively : 1° General practitioners ; 2° Specialist doctors. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, for professions whose number o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-2

The school project defines the school's general policy, in particular on the basis of the medical project. It takes into account the training and research objectives defined jointly with the universit…

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