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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Surrender and removal in the event of a serious threat to public order

Article R621-9

When, following the consultations provided for in article R. 621-7, the State which granted long-term resident - EU status withdraws the right to stay in its territory, the administrative authority, a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L2543-3

…communal cemeteries; 6° The costs of maintaining communal buildings assigned to a public service ; 7° The cost of subscriptions to official sheets; 8° The cost of drawing up, in communes with more th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Property

Article L1424-12

The departmental or territorial fire and rescue service builds, acquires or rents the assets necessary for its operation.An equipment plan is drawn up by the board of directors based on the risk cover…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-11

Where research is carried out at the Institution nationale des invalides or in a health establishment or army hospital with an in-house pharmacy, failure by the sponsor to notify the pharmacist in cha…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Integration contract

Article R413-6

Aforeign nationals who have not signed up to this scheme when they are first admitted for residence may sign the Republican Integration Contract at a later date, as provided for in article L. 413-4, p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REGISTRATION OF THE APPLICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE ASYLUM SEEKER'S VULNERABILITY AND PARTICULAR NEEDS

Article R571-1

After fulfilling the obligations set out in article R. 521-7, the asylum seeker is given the asylum application certificate referred to in article L. 571-1. It specifies that the foreign national is t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-38

The administrator shall report to the official receiver on the execution of the acts enabling the plan to be implemented in accordance with article L. 626-24. The mandataire judiciaire reports on his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-12

The closing judgement is notified to the debtor, communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and is the subject of the publicity provided for in article R. 621-8. The administrator and t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-9

The provisions of article R. 752-39 are applicable. In addition to the addressees mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, the new notice or decision is also notified, subject to the same tim…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-8

The statement of fees to be collected under the provisions of articles R. 3333-4 to R. 3333-7 will be drawn up on 31 December of the year preceding the opening of each annual collection period. The am…

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