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

Article L813-3

The foreign national may only be detained for the time strictly required to examine his or her right of movement or residence and, where applicable, to pronounce and notify the applicable administrati…

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

Article R313-12

Any contentious appeal against a refusal to validate a reception certificate must be preceded, on pain of inadmissibility, by an administrative appeal to the territorially competent prefect, within tw…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Statement of appeal

Article R342-10

The order of the liberty and detention judge may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate, within twenty-four hours of its pronouncement, by the foreign national, the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2 : Verification of foreign civil status records

Article R811-2

When a foreign national submits a visa application for a stay of more than three months based on a civil status document for which there is serious doubt as to its authenticity, the diplomatic and con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-4

The statement is published and displayed for at least two months. It is notified to the holders of the rights of use mentioned in article L. 2421-2 as well as to persons who lease or who, in good fait…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-17

Any person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the public meetings of the departmental council, the deliberations of the permanent committee, the budgets and acc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-19-2

Where the personal residence of the president of the departmental council is located outside the conurbation comprising the commune that is the capital of the department and the department's estate in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : State services made available

Article L3141-1

For the preparation and execution of the deliberations of the departmental council , its chairman may call upon the services of decentralised government departments as required. The president of the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-4

In the areas of competence of the department, the departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, request the authorities of the Republic to authorise their president to negoti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Conditions for exercising metropolitan mandates

Article L3632-3

The maximum allowances voted by the metropolitan council for the effective exercise of the mandate of metropolitan councillor are determined by applying the maximum rate of 70% to the reference term m…

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