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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or procuring, or who are involved in a programme to help them leave prostitution

Article L425-4

Foreign nationals who are victims of the offences of trafficking in human beings or procuring, as referred to in articles 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to 225-10 of the French Penal Code, and who, havi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Companies involved in maritime or air navigation or operating communication satellites

Article 247

Profits, determined in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 57, from the operation of communication satellites located at geostationary orbital positions which are not owned by such und…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Companies involved in maritime or air navigation or operating communication satellites

Article 246

Profits made by maritime or air navigation companies established abroad from the operation of foreign ships or aircraft are exempt from tax provided that a reciprocal and equivalent exemption is grant…

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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 R754-7

When the foreign national submits his or her asylum application to the custodial authority, in accordance with Article R. 754-6, the custodial authority shall immediately inform the prefect who ordere…

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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…

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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 R754-8

The submission, investigation and judgment by the administrative courts of appeals for annulment lodged against the decisions to keep persons in detention referred to in the first paragraph of article…

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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 R754-9

…ation, as soon as it is informed of this, will immediately forward the asylum application file, as given to it in a sealed envelope by the foreign national, to the Director General of the French Offic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by the overseas regions

Article LO4435-6-1

…f the law or Conseil d'Etat decree mentioned in the first two paragraphs of Article LO 4435-6 so provide, where the authorisation has been granted until the renewal of the Regional Council, it may be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by the overseas regions

Article LO4435-8

The provisions of a legislative nature of a deliberation taken on the basis of the authorisation provided for in article LO 4435-6 may only be amended by a law if the law expressly so provides. Simila…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by the overseas regions

Article LO4435-5

Appeals against this deliberation are referred to the Conseil d'Etat. The representative of the State in the region may, within one month of receiving the transmission provided for in the first paragr…

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