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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Supporting documents

Article R313-2

In order to prove that they have the means to meet their living expenses, foreign nationals applying for admission to France may in particular present cash, traveller's cheques, certified cheques, int…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article R342-12

When the public prosecutor intends to ask the first president of the court of appeal to declare the appeal suspensive, he must lodge an appeal within ten hours of the order being handed down. It shall…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ALLOWANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article D553-3

To qualify for the asylum seeker's allowance provided for in article L. 553-1, the asylum seeker must be at least eighteen years old and have monthly resources below the amount of the active solidarit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article R532-51

When the chairman of the bench decides to order a supplemental investigation, the parties are invited to submit a brief or additional documents for the sole purpose of this supplemental investigation.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ALLOWANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article D553-24

Payment of the allowance ceases in the following cases:1° At the end of the periods provided for in article L. 551-13, under the conditions provided for in the same article;2° When the foreign nationa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R597-1

A foreign national arriving or staying in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and applying for asylum under article L. 597-1 shall submit in support of their application:1° Information relating to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RESTRICTED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Article R754-19

Any person working in a place of detention may report to the head of the detention centre or his/her representative, or to the person in charge of the detention facility, any situation of vulnerabilit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-1

A fee is payable by users of public slaughterhouses. It is instituted by deliberation of the deliberative assembly of the local authority or group of local authorities owning the slaughterhouse.In the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-2

The property and rights of the section are managed by the town council and the mayor. When it is formed pursuant to Article L. 2411-3, the syndicate commission and its chairman exercise the management…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic development

Article L4424-28

The Corsican regional authority may participate, through the payment of endowments, in the constitution of an investment fund with a private equity company whose purpose is to provide equity capital t…

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