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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-6

Refugee status shall not be granted to a person who falls within one of the exclusion clauses provided for in sections D, E or F of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951.The same section…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article L531-6

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons will decide on the application, taking into account the situation prevailing in the applicant's country of origin on the date of…

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

Article L521-6

Where France is responsible for examining the asylum application, foreign nationals are informed when their asylum application is registered of the languages in which they may be heard during the pers…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-6

A National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation is created, which will draw up and keep up to date a report on the external action of local and regional authorities. It promotes coordination betwe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-6

Before the expiry of the period set for the experiment and in the light of its evaluation, the law shall determine, where appropriate:- the conditions for extending or modifying the experimentation fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-6

…the exception of deliberations relating to compulsory expenditure within the meaning of article L. 1612-15 of this code and the vote on the budget, the representatives mentioned in I of this article d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-6

Any draft amendment to a public service delegation agreement may only be made after a vote by the deliberative assembly. Any draft amendment to a public service delegation agreement involving an incre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-6

When the property concerned by article L. 1321-1 are the property of the local authority that already exercised jurisdiction and this is confirmed by the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la ré…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-6

…e Citizens' Reserve for Territorial Cohesion is part of the civic reserve provided for by Law 2017-86 of 27 January 2017 on equality and citizenship. It is governed by Articles 1 to 5 of the same law…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-6

A joint order by the prefect and the chairman of the fire and rescue service's board of directors sets out, after consulting the board of directors, the organisation of the departmental service.In the…

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