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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Flat-rate contribution from employers who have employed an illegal foreign national

Article L822-4

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration is responsible for establishing and setting the amount of the contribution provided for in article L. 822-2.To this end, it may have access to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-18

The inventory of local facilities is set by joint deliberations of the city council or Paris council and the arrondissement council, and, where applicable, amended in the same forms.In the event of di…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-17

I. - Proceeds from the sale of Section property may be used only in the interests of the Section. II. - In the event of the sale of all the property of the section, the proceeds of the sale shall be p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article L2563-2

The total amount of the lump-sum grant allocated to the municipalities of the overseas departments and territories and the territorial units of Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is increased in 199…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings.

Article L3121-11

Sessions of the departmental council are public. However, at the request of five members or the chairman, the departmental council may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the members pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Apportionment and collection of certain taxes

Article L2573-45

I. - Article L. 2331-11 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the provisions of II and III.II. - For the application of the first paragraph, the words: "local laws and customs"…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3241-5

Departments are prohibited from taking responsibility in their own budgets for the public services mentioned in Article L. 3241-4 for expenditure other than that resulting from duly approved treaties…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings.

Article L4132-10

Meetings of the Regional Council are public. However, at the request of five members or the Chairman, the Regional Council may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the members present or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-21

The territorial collectivity of Corsica is responsible for the construction, development, maintenance and management of the roadway classified as a national road.The roadway classified as a national r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L613-64

The collège de résolution may, with the agreement of the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution, transfer to this fund all or part of the equity securities mentioned in Chapter II of Title I of…

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