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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6342-5

…until its opinion or, failing that, until the expiry of this period. The administrative court shall rule within two months of the publication of the opinion in the Journal officiel de la République fr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6452-5

…until its opinion or, failing that, until the expiry of this period. The administrative court shall rule within two months of the publication of the opinion in the Journal officiel de la République fr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 170-1

…lment appears to be manifestly necessary, the President of the Examining Magistrates' Chamber shall rule on this application, in accordance with the provisions of Article 199, without the two members…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: CONDITIONS OF ACCESS TO THE LABOUR MARKET

Article L554-3

Asylum seekers are subject to the ordinary law rules applicable to foreign workers for the issue of a work permit. However, the administrative authority has an investigation period of two months from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 670

…e Public Prosecutor, order that either the continuation of the investigation or the hearings or the delivery of the judgment be suspended.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Professional elections.

Article 1007

…to Article 1006 may be made to that lawyer, where appropriate, by notification between lawyers. The delivery to the lawyer, against a receipt, of a copy of the pleading, bearing the date stamp of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 1: Information to be provided to the spouse with joint property.

Article R123-121-1

…ovided for in article R. 123-102, at the time of his application for registration, a certificate of delivery of the information given to his joint spouse on the consequences of debts incurred in the e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article R163-1

…y any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for the payment of a sum in excess of 15 euros, the delivery of one or more cheques for an amount less than or equal to 15 euros is punishable by the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Postal voting

Article R2122-76

…he official envelopes marked "Postal vote" delivered by the service provider responsible for postal delivery, acting on behalf of the Minister for Labour. Envelopes of any other nature shall be kept u…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-14-1

…accident or any situation that presents or has presented serious risks to the health, integrity or physical and moral well-being of disabled adults. The regional prefect who issued the authorisation…

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