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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 8: Appeal procedures

Article R532-68

Where a decision of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile is vitiated by a material error likely to have had an influence on the judgment of the case, the interested party may lodge an appeal with the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article R50-66

The magistrates of the public prosecutor's office and any public prosecutor's office official authorised by the public prosecutor exercise the powers granted to this magistrate for the application of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article R50-68

The recording of personal data in the file is carried out directly by authorised or empowered persons. The file is recorded and consulted using secure telecommunications. The transmission of data betw…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article R50-67

For decisions handed down by the appeal courts or, where applicable, by the assize courts, the powers recognised in this chapter to the investigating judge or his clerk are exercised by the president…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Bailiffs

Article 866

With the exception of deeds in criminal matters and deeds from lawyer to lawyer, bailiffs are required to draw up their deeds and minutes in two originals; one, exempt from all tax formalities, is giv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29

Investment firms shall have: 1° Sound governance arrangements including, in particular, a clear organisation ensuring a well-defined, transparent and consistent division of responsibilities, effective…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-8

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with fewer than three hundred employees, the database provided for in Article L. 2312-18 includes the following in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-6

Security measures designed to ensure that the person in police custody is not in possession of any object dangerous to himself or to others are defined by order of the competent ministerial authority.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Designation of buildings in deeds and judgments, based on cadastral data

Article 870

The designation of buildings, according to current cadastral data, is compulsory in all deeds and private sub-seeds, or judgments transferring, declaring, constituting or extinguishing ownership or ri…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L836-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° In Title I, the word: "France" is replaced by the words: "New Caledonia"; 2° Monetary values expressed in euros are replaced by their equivalent v…

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