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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-10

The foreign national may ask the president of the administrative court or the magistrate appointed for this purpose for the assistance of an interpreter and communication of the file containing the do…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-11

The president of the administrative court or the magistrate appointed for this purpose may travel to the seat of the judicial court closest to the place where the foreign national is located if the la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Officers of the fund and assistance from Treasury accountants

Article L518-14

Caisse des Dépôts has agents for the service entrusted to it in all towns where there is a court of law. The General Manager may call upon the State's public accountants to carry out the receipts and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-11

Leave for economic, social and environmental training and trade union training is granted as a matter of right, except where the employer considers, after obtaining the opinion of the social and econo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-10

Leave for economic, social and environmental training and trade union training cannot be deducted from annual paid leave.It is treated as actual working time for the purposes of determining the durati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Vocational training

Article L4433-14

I.-In each overseas region, a public industrial and commercial establishment with responsibility for vocational training may be created. The establishment is created by the deliberative assembly and p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Agriculture and forestry.

Article L4433-12

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Réunion define, in liaison with the public authorities and professional organisations, their guidelines for the development of agriculture and forestry, in parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-14-1

Where the court is seised of an action for nullity referred to in Article L. 2262-14, it shall render its decision within six months.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter X: Insurance against the risk of cyber attacks

Article L12-10-1

The payment of a sum pursuant to a clause in an insurance contract intended to compensate an insured party for loss or damage caused by a breach of an automated data processing system referred to in a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

Any person whose identity is entered in the file may ask the public prosecutor to rectify or order the deletion of information concerning him or her if the information is not accurate or if its retent…

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