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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Monitoring the exercise of rights in detention and the proportionality of the measure

Article L743-10

The fact that the foreign national has applied for assisted return under article L. 711-2 while in detention is not in itself likely to justify refusal to extend the period of detention.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Application for suspension of the final decision on the obligation to leave French territory

Article L752-10

The procedures for applying Articles L. 752-7 to L. 752-9, and in particular the procedures for taking into account the vulnerability of asylum seekers and, where applicable, their special needs, are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-10

…om a merger of municipalities pursuant to section 3 of this chapter, as it stood prior to Act no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform, communes déléguées taking the name and territ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-10

The mayor and deputy mayors are elected for the same term as the municipal council.However, in communes of 1,000 inhabitants or more, the term of office of the mayor and deputy mayors ends automatical…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-10

The meeting is convened by the mayor. It indicates the items on the agenda. It is recorded in the register of deliberations and posted or published. It is sent electronically or, if the councillors so…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Control of legality

Article L2131-10

Decisions and deliberations by which municipalities waive, either directly or by means of a contractual clause, the right to bring any liability action against any natural or legal person whom they re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article L2213-10

Burial sites other than cemeteries are also subject to the authority, police and supervision of mayors.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity

Article L2123-10

Civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service regulations are placed, at their request, in a secondment position to carry out one of the mandates mentioned in article L. 2123-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to sanitation

Article L2224-10

The municipalities or their public cooperation establishments delimit, after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environment Code: 1° Collective sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Powers of the State representative in the département

Article L2215-10

Without prejudice to

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