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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Access to the waiting area

Article R343-23

Authorised representatives of an association may talk to the head of border control and, where they are present, to agents of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-2

After consulting the Conseil départemental de l'insertion par l'activité économique, and taking into account the quality of the proposed integration project and the existing offer to ensure a balanced…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-29-2

For the purposes of this sub-section, the number of employees is calculated in accordance with the procedures defined in articles L. 1111-2 and L. 1251-54.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-24

…Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin and which is authorised to provide investment services pursuant to Article L. 532-1, which wishes to carry on business in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-23

…Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin and which is authorised to provide investment services pursuant to Article L. 532-1 that wishes to establish a branch in ano…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-2

The prefect communicates to the presidents of public cooperation establishments with their own tax system a statement indicating, for each of the four direct local taxes, the forecast amount of net ta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-25

…of Article 641 and the second paragraph of Article 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the calculation of the time limits within which the court must be seised and must give its decisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-24

…s the subject of psychiatric care and the particular circumstances, both of which make it necessary to continue full hospitalisation in the light of the conditions laid down by articles L. 3212-1 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-26

The director of the establishment communicates by any means the opinion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules governing the authorisation of private establishments to provide the public hospital service

Article R6112-2

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency will notify his decision on the application for authorisation, by any means capable of proving the date of receipt, within four months of the date of…

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