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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Detention of asylum seekers and transmission of their application to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-10

When a foreign national who has applied for asylum at an administrative detention centre is transferred to a detention centre before the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Pers…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-10

Any draft amendment envisaged by the supplier to the contractual terms and conditions shall be communicated to the consumer by post or, at the consumer's request, by electronic means, at least one mon…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-10

Time spent in meetings by members of the Special Negotiating Body is considered as working time and paid at the normal rate.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24-10

In the event that the person prosecuted is definitively sentenced to a fine, the public prosecutor sends the Public Treasury a copy of the documents attesting to the establishment of the security. Whe…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-10

Under the terms of a profit-sharing agreement, the portion of net management surpluses distributed among employees in application of article 33° of the aforementioned law of 19 July 1978 may be alloca…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Protection of wages

Article D7122-10

In order to ensure the payment of wages, the president of the court may authorise, pursuant to article L. 7122-15, the seizure of receipts from the show.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-10

The statement of projected income and expenditure for the public health institution is the document which forecasts and authorises its annual income and expenditure. It determines the projected revenu…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-10

For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia :1° The first three paragraphs of Article L. 1243-2 are replaced by the following paragraph:In order to be authorised to ensure the preparat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transfers of sums, securities or assets.

Article R152-10

For the purposes of Article L. 152-3:1° The obligation to retain information relating to the transfer of sums to an account abroad or to a non-resident's account in France relates to the date and amou…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Travel documents

Article R561-10

In addition to the cases of withdrawal provided for by law, the travel document may be withdrawn and must be returned by the foreign national when the holder no longer meets the conditions for its iss…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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