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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Verification of housing conditions

Article R434-21

On-site verification of the housing conditions of the applicant for family reunification gives rise to a report, the model for which is established by order of the minister responsible for immigration…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-21

When the application for a residence permit is made pursuant to article L. 431-2, the residence permit is issued by the prefect of the département in which the foreign national is domiciled within the…

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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
Section 3: Payment of the allowance

Article D553-21

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration transmits the data mentioned in Article D. 553-20 to the Agence de services et de paiement, by dematerialised means, without the detailed eleme…

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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
Paragraph 2: Assistance in exercising rights

Article R744-21

To enable them to exercise their rights effectively, foreign nationals held in a detention facility may benefit from the assistance of a legal entity, at their request or at the latter's initiative, u…

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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 R743-21

On receipt of the request for extension, the court clerk will notify the foreign national of his or her right to choose a lawyer. The liberty and custody judge will have one appointed for him/her ex o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-21

I.-The articles L. 2331-1 to L. 2331-4 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, the revenues of the operating section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte include…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The mayor

Article L2541-21

Every year, the mayor presents a report to the town council on the operation and results of the administration as a whole during the past year. At the town council's request, this report is published.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-21

The transport of corpses is subject to a fixed fee. Families who want any pump deal with the contractor according to a tariff that is established for this purpose. The regulations and contracts that s…

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