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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 D553-25

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 551-14, the invalidity of the asylum application certificate will result in the suspension of entitlement to the allowance, unless it is attributable…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access for the delegate from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Article R744-25

The delegate from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or his authorised representatives shall have access to each place of detention on presentation of their name card and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-25

The Local Finance Committee apportions the revenue defined in the previous article between the municipalities and public establishments that meet the conditions set by a decree in the Conseil d'Etat.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-25

The borough council is chaired by the borough mayor. The arrondissement mayor is elected from within the arrondissement council. The offices of mayor of the municipality or of mayor of Paris and of ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-25

The revenue and expenditure, including capital expenditure, of the departments of the Police Prefecture whose activity is primarily related to the exercise of active policing, are entered in the State…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities and contentious actions

Article L2541-25

The mayor, in an emergency, may, without the prior authorisation of the municipal council, bring and defend possessory actions and perform any legal act necessary to preserve the rights of the municip…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Grants and subsidies

Article L2564-25

Sont applicables à Mayotte à compter du 1er janvier 2014 : 1° Les articles L. 2334-4 à L. 2334-6 ; 2° La section II of Chapter IV of Title III of Book III of this Part.

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

Article L2542-25

The provisions of this section will be repealed five years after 9 January 1993, the date of publication of the loi n° 93-23 du 8 janvier 1993 modifiant le titre VI du livre III du code des communes e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article L3121-25

By agreement between the president of the departmental council and the representative of the State in the department, the latter is heard by the departmental council . In addition, at the request of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L3123-25

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected departmental representatives continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they were cons…

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