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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Closure of the investigation

Article R532-21

The president of the hearing panel or, before the file is entered, the president of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile, the section presidents or chamber presidents may set the date for the closure o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Closure of the investigation

Article R532-24

When the written investigation is closed, only the production of the originals of the documents previously communicated in copy remains admissible until the end of the hearing.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Closure of the investigation

Article R532-25

Briefs and exhibits produced after the close of the written investigation do not give rise to disclosure.However, if the written investigation is reopened, any briefs and exhibits produced in the inte…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: END OF PROTECTION

Article R562-2

An appeal for review may be lodged with the Cour nationale du droit d'asile in the cases provided for in Articles L. 511-9 and L. 512-4.The appeal shall be lodged within two months of the finding of f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Referral to a panel of judges

Article R532-27

When the President of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile or the designated President decides before the hearing, on his own initiative or at his request, to refer the examination of the appeal to a p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Record of enforcement of the decision requiring the foreign national to leave French territory

Article R711-2

A foreign national who has been the subject of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory may also prove that he has left the territory by establishing by any means his actual presenc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Specific provisions for foreign nationals subject to a French ban when they are no longer under house arrest

Article R733-21

The administrative authority competent to require a foreign national to comply with the declaration and presentation obligations set out in article L. 733-16 is the département prefect and, in Paris,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FRENCH AUSTRALIAN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES

Article R597-2

The receipt issued, pursuant to article L. 597-1, to the foreign national applying for asylum in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands shall bear the words "Application for asylum made in the French…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative detention centres

Article R744-2

The administrative detention centres are national in scope.They receive, within the limits of their capacity and regardless of the geographical jurisdiction of the prefect who made the decision to det…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article R743-22

When the foreign national is held at the disposal of the courts, the public prosecutor decides on the conditions of the holding. He shall inform the foreign national and the administrative authority t…

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