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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Reception, information and support for foreign nationals

Article R744-19

Foreign nationals placed or held in an administrative detention centre benefit from reception, information, moral and psychological support and assistance in preparing the material conditions of their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-19

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion define the actions they intend to take in terms of industrial development, after consulting the regional economic, social and environmental council. Each…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-19

When the research project is carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation, the Data Protection Committee shall call upon the expertise of at least one practitioner mentioned in the fif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Control consultation and other common provisions

Article R2212-19

For the application in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of the provisions of articles R. 2212-9 to R. 2212-18, the words: "health establishment" and "health establishment satis…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Composition of gases

Article R4461-19

The partial pressure of oxygen in a breathed mixture must not : I. - Be less than 160 hectopascals and, in a hyperbaric work chamber, be greater than 25 per cent of the absolute pressure. II - Exceed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-19

In the absence of specific statutory provisions for the inter-company occupational health and safety service, where candidates for the positions of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the Board o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-19

For the application of the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 495-19 and first paragraph of article 495-21, only requests or complaints in which the person either denies having committed th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Objections to marriage

Article 176

Any notice of opposition shall state the capacity which gives the opponent the right to lodge it. It also contains the grounds for the opposition, reproduces the text of the law on which the oppositio…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1703

The competent public accountants may not, under any pretext, even if there is cause for expert appraisal, defer the registration of deeds and transfers for which the duties have been paid at the rates…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1750

Natural persons guilty of any of the offences relating to direct taxes, value added tax and other turnover taxes, registration duty, land registration tax and stamp duty shall be liable to the followi…

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