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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to French Guiana

Article R591-8

The adaptations to Articles R. 531-2, R. 531-4, R. 531-5, R. 531-6, R. 531-7, R. 531-11 and R. 531-17, provided for in 1° to 7°of Article R. 591-7, apply to asylum applications registered in French Gu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to Guadeloupe

Article R591-5

The adaptations of articles R. 531-2, R. 531-4, R. 531-5, R. 531-6, R. 531-7, R. 531-11 and R. 531-17, provided for in 1° to 7°of article R. 591-4, apply to asylum applications registered in Guadeloup…

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

Article L2511-21

…conditions for admission to and use of the facilities mentioned in articles L. 2511-16 and L. 2511-17. The joint committee sits at the arrondissement town hall. In the event of a tie, the arrondissem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Leave to validate acquired experience

Article L6422-1

…mployee applies to the employer for authorisation to take the leave provided for in article L. 6323-17. The employer may refuse this authorisation for service reasons, giving reasons for postponing it…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-18

The provisions of articles LO 6471-16 and LO 6471-17 are not applicable to the entry and payment of compulsory expenditure resulting, for the local authority and its public establishments, from a cour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-13

…f the conditions set out in Article 706-3, it shall immediately proceed as stated in articles R. 50-17 et seq.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article D1254-1

…of the annual social security ceiling for the year in question, set in application ofarticle D. 242-17 of the Social Security Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial training

Article D722-30

The failure to fulfil the training obligation provided for in article L. 722-17 and the date of cessation of duties are recorded by the first president of the court of appeal. The first president of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article R2334-4

…g their spouse and dependants usually living in their household, mentioned in 3° of article L. 2334-17 is assessed on 30 June of the year preceding that for which the urban solidarity and social cohes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Supplementary provisions

Article D3154-1

…savings account reach the highest amount of guaranteed rights set in application of article L. 3253-17, the rights in excess of this ceiling are liquidated. The employee receives compensation correspo…

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