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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Judgement

Article R532-54

The Secretary General of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile will notify the applicant of the court's decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt and will inform the applicant in a l…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1209

The decisions of the judge or the court may be appealed by: 1° The persons to whom the judgment has been notified until the expiry of a period of fifteen days following the notification given to them;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-1

Article L. 5123-1, applicable in Mayotte, reads as follows: "Art. L. 5123-1. - Medicines and products which may only be sold by pharmacists may not be sold at a price higher than the price set for May…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Surety bonds

Article R23-1

When the examining magistrate orders that the part of the bond allocated to guarantee the rights of the victim or the creditor of a maintenance debt be paid to them in advance, they shall be notified…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R268

A article R. 42, after the first paragraph, the following paragraph is inserted: "If the accused resides on an island that is not served by a regular postal service, notification shall be made by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conclusion and purpose of the contract

Article D1143-7

A contract for mixed employment and professional equality between women and men, giving entitlement to the State financial aid provided for in sub-section 2, is concluded between the State and the emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R1253-22

The administrative authority has one month following receipt of the application for approval to notify the employers' group of its decision. If approval is refused, reasons must be given for the decis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Société de gestion du fonds interprofessionnel de l'accès au droit et à la justice (Management company for the inter-professional fund for access to law and justice)

Article R444-38

An advisory committee, called the "Comité consultatif des aides à l'accès au droit et à la justice" (CCAADJ), is set up by the board of directors of the fund management company. At the request of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Local fire and rescue services

Article R1424-36

A communal or inter-communal first response centre may be created by prefectoral decree, if the deliberative body of the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation so requests, aft…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Absence or insufficiency of appropriations required to cover compulsory expenditure (R)

Article R1612-37

Within one month of notification of the formal notice referred to in article R. 1612-35, the local authority or public establishment concerned shall open the necessary appropriations. The correspondin…

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