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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REMISSION DECISION

Article L621-2

A decision may be taken to surrender to the competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Candidate for the position of elected member of the social and economic committee staff delegation

Article L2411-7

Authorisation for dismissal is required for a period of six months for a candidate, in the first or second round, for the position of elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Member and former member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee

Article L2411-5

The dismissal of an elected member of the staff delegation of the Social and Economic Committee, whether full or alternate, or of a trade union representative on the Social and Economic Committee, may…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-8

Any change during the performance of the contract in the allocation of services between the contractor and the subcontractors paid directly or between the subcontractors themselves requires the modifi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-5

Where the contractor intends, after notification of the contract, to entrust to subcontractors benefiting from direct payment the performance of services for an amount greater than that indicated in t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-7

The purchaser may not accept a subcontractor or approve its terms of payment if the single copy or the certificate of transferability has not been amended or if the proof referred to in article R. 219…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-6

Where the single copy or the certificate of transferability has been submitted with a view to the assignment or pledging of receivables and cannot be returned, the contractor must provide proof either…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: CASE OF A FOREIGNER REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR A STATE WITH WHICH THE SCHENGEN ACQUIS IS APPLICABLE

Article R615-1

The administrative authority competent to decide, pursuant to Article L. 615-1, to implement a decision taken by another State is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 624

The scope of the cassation is determined by the operative part of the judgment that pronounces it. It also extends to all the provisions of the judgment quashed that have a link of indivisibility or n…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

…ontracts of public-sector employees are subject to the provisions of decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to State contract employees taken for the applica…

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