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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Right to remain in France

Article L573-2

…rsuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 may be placed under house arrest in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles L. 751-2 to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to the measures imposed and their contestation

Article L733-15

The measures imposed pursuant to articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7 or those taken by the judge pursuant to Article L. 733-13 may not be invoked against creditors whose existence has not been re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exemptions granted by the labour inspector

Article R4228-16

…onditions provided for in this section or, for disabled workers, in accordance with Article R. 4225-7, the employer may ask the Labour Inspector to exempt him from some of these obligations.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to contracts for social services and other specific services

Article R2131-8

The notice referred to in article R. 2131-7 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union under the conditions laid down in articles R. 2131-19 and R. 2131-20. The purchaser may pub…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: In the event of a deadline for voluntary departure

Article L614-5

…o 1°, 2° or 4° of article L. 611-1 is accompanied by a deadline for voluntary departure, the matter may be referred to the president of the administrative court within fifteen days of notification of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-10

…order of merit of the successful candidates, within the limit of the maximum number of persons who may be admitted to the knowledge verification tests mentioned in article D. 4221-7. Ties are broken…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article L7345-9

A dispute may not be submitted to the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority if: 1° The representative referred to in Article L. 7343-7 or the platform does not provide evidence that a prior…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-35-1

Before the request for validation or homologation provided for inArticle L. 1233-57-4 is sent, any dispute relating to the expert appraisal is sent to the administrative authority, which gives its dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2-1

…ection services work with health centres and health centres to implement the pathway referred to in 7° of article L. 6323-1-1 and in the last paragraph of article L. 6323-3. To this end, they may refe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-10

The operators referred to in Article L. 321-4 shall keep a daily register pursuant to Articles 321-7 and 321-8 of the Penal Code as well as a directory in which they record their minutes. They must ke…

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