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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VIII: OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

Article L581-8

A foreign national excluded from the benefit of temporary protection or who, having benefited from this protection, ceases to be entitled to it, and who cannot be authorised to remain in the territory…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-40

Any request for exhumation must be made by the next of kin of the deceased. The latter must provide proof of his or her civil status, domicile and the capacity in which he or she is making the request…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Departmental Commission for Intercommunal Cooperation

Article R5211-40

Meetings of the departmental commission for intermunicipal cooperation are public. However, at the request of five members, each formation of the commission may decide, by an absolute majority of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-40

Agreements between the State, on the one hand, and the department or the competent authority for the organisation of urban transport, on the other hand, may provide for: 1° The transmission of compute…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-40

The régie may receive accepted bills of exchange in settlement of its receivables, endorse them or remit them for collection. Bills received in settlement may be discounted in accordance with commerci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-40

Fire and rescue centres are placed under the authority of a centre chief appointed in accordance with the provisions of article R. 1424-21.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2223-40

The managers and agents of the régies, companies, associations and their establishments authorised in accordance with Article L. 2223-23 must provide proof, as appropriate, of holding the diploma ment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Support for cultural industries

Article R1511-40

The subsidies provided for in articles L. 2251-4, L. 3232-4 et au 6° de l'article L. 4211-1 shall be the subject of a written application by the operator of the establishment which already holds or wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-40

The request from the investigating judge provided for in the first paragraph of Article 230-40 shall specify the reasons why he considers that the conditions provided for by the provisions of that sam…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-40

The draft terms of cross-border conversion shall contain the following information: 1° the form, name and registered office of the company being converted in the Member State of the European Union of…

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