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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest

Article L751-6

A foreign national who is the subject of a transfer decision and who can prove that it is impossible to leave the country or that he or she can neither return to his or her country of origin nor trave…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Application for suspension of removal until expiry of the time limit for appeal or in the event of an appeal to the Cour nationale du droit d'asile (National Asylum Court)

Article L752-6

Where the court has not yet ruled on the appeal for annulment lodged against the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory pursuant to article L. 614-1, the foreign national may apply…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-6

A town council may only be dissolved by reasoned decree issued in the Council of Ministers and published in the Journal officiel. If there is an emergency, it may be temporarily suspended by reasoned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-6

Decrees in the Council of State shall, where necessary, lay down the terms and conditions for applying the provisions of articles L. 2123-2 to L. 2123-5. In particular, they specify the limits within…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-6

The mayor's salaried employees may not be deputy mayors if this salaried activity is directly linked to the exercise of the mayor's mandate.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Litigation by the municipality

Article L2132-6

The taxpayer submits a detailed brief to the administrative court. The mayor submits this brief to the municipal council at the nearest meeting held pursuant to articles L. 2121-7 and L. 2121-9.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-6

…horisation does not hinder traffic or the freedom of commerce. The methods of charging and the physical management of vehicle parking on the public highway are governed by article L. 2333-87.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article L2131-6

…tive of the State in the department refers an act to the administrative court, he/she informs the local authority without delay and provides it with full details of the illegalities invoked against th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: BODIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY

Article L2124-6

In wartime, in the event of the absence, suspension, dismissal or any other impediment of the mayor, the representative of the State in the department may appoint, to replace him in the fullness of hi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-6

…meteries, provided that these meet the legal requirements of hygiene and salubrity and that the allocation of the land to another use is not recognised as being in the public interest.

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