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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 R754-9

…xamining it in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles R. 531-23, R. 531-26 and R. 531-27. This transmission is made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by any other…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-2

…rticle L. 225-23 and the directors elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 have preparation time which may not be less than fifteen hours nor more than half the legal mon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-20-1

In order to guarantee, with a view to the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 223-27, the identification and effective participation in the meeting of shareholders attending by videoconfe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1213-19

…before the date of the meeting and the file provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 1213-27 is sent to the members within the same timeframe.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Possibility for a witness to give evidence anonymously

Article R53-32

…cord of the hearing and the report provided for in the second and third paragraphs of Article R. 53-27 are placed in a file separate from the case file, which is kept by the public prosecutor. This fi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the merits of the request and the implementation of corrective measures by the prison administration

Article R249-28

Before the expiry of the time limit set by the judge pursuant to article R. 249-27, the prison administration shall take any measure it deems appropriate to put an end to the conditions of detention i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-28

…t unit to the employer and the employee, in accordance with the second paragraph of article R. 1233-27, the employer shall specify in a document : 1° The term of the redeployment leave; 2° The service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for practising the profession of restaurant owner or similar or for fruit and vegetable retailers

Article R3262-32

…tion is deemed to have been granted to them, the documents in the file mentioned in article R. 3262-27, updated on the date of expiry of the twelve-month period, in order to prove their activity of se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Allocation of the resources of the inter-municipal equalisation fund.

Article R2573-43

…the resources defined in article R. 2573-44 and those mentioned in article 9 of law no. 2004-193 of 27 February 2004 supplementing the autonomous status of French Polynesia, is distributed according t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-71-1

For the application of the second sentence of 1° of Article L. 5424-27, the average monthly amount of income from the self-employed activity mentioned in 1° of Article R. 5424-70 is determined: 1° By…

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