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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ACCOMMODATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article R552-13

The person accommodated may request to remain in the place of accommodation beyond the date of the decision to leave the place of accommodation taken by the Office français de l'immigration et de l'in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-13

I. - From 1 January 2018 , the resources of the solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-France region are set at 350 million euros.II. - The solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-Franc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 412-13

…ring the reference period defined in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article D211-13

…s of this arrangement. The account keeper or the manager of the computerised identification process may not deviate from the instructions received without the agreement of the pledgee. When the pledge…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right.

Article L3132-13

In food retail outlets, the weekly rest period may be given on Sundays from 1 p.m. onwards. Employees under the age of twenty-one who live with their employers are entitled to another afternoon's comp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 sexies

I. - In Mayotte, the tax base for property tax on built-up properties sold from 18 September 2013 until 31 December 2016 by a public entity to unlawful occupants of buildings used as their main dwelli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 J

…ter.II.-Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a resolution passed under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt fro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supply of contraceptive products or devices

Article R2311-13

…the national order of pharmacists.If the centre is part of a health establishment, this pharmacist may be one of the pharmacists in the establishment's in-house pharmacy, which supplies the centre un…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-2

…or an offence mentioned in article 706-47, the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, decide in his order to place the accused…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-13

The State approves structures that meet the criteria set out in article L. 5213-13-1 as adapted companies. It concludes multi-year contracts of objectives and resources with them, which are equivalent…

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