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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L733-2

The administrative authority may, for the purposes of preparing the foreign national's departure, designate to him or her, taking into account the imperatives of private and family life, a time slot d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-23

Decisions taken by the mayor pursuant to article L. 2122-22 are subject to the same rules as those applicable to deliberations by municipal councils on the same subjects. Unless otherwise stipulated i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article L2213-1-1

Without prejudice to article L. 2213-1, the mayor may, by reasoned decree, set for all or part of the roads in the built-up area open to public traffic a maximum authorised speed lower than that laid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-1

…sion on the destination of the ashes, the cinerary urn is kept at the crematorium for a period that may not exceed one year.At the request of the person entitled to provide for the funeral, the urn ma…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XXI: Communication by electronic means.

Article 748-9

…692-1, by any means, by simple letter, by registered letter without acknowledgement of receipt, it may be sent to him, if he has given his prior consent, by electronic mail under conditions that ensu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Disputes relating to the remuneration of technicians.

Article 724

…Articles 255,262 and 284, issued by a judge of a court of first instance or of the court of appeal, may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal under the conditions set out in Articl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1575

…tion claim are added, in order to subject them to the same regulation, the sums of which the spouse may otherwise be a creditor to his or her spouse, for values provided during the marriage and other…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-8

…ious paragraph give rise to the application of the rules of protection provided in their favour. It may be agreed between the undivided co-owners that in the absence of incapacitated persons certain c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mutual legal assistance

Article 627-3

…r-Terrorism Public Prosecutor. The maximum duration of these measures is limited to two years. They may be renewed under the same conditions before the expiry of that period at the request of the Inte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-3

The order made pursuant to article 705-2 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, t…

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