TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of this Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:

1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;

Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-1635 du 1er décembre 2016 renforçant le dispositif français de lutte contre le blanchiment et le financement du terrorisme;

Article L. 123-16 is applicable in its wording resulting from Act n° 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

Article L. 123-16-2 is applicable in its wording resulting from Law no. 2021-875 of 1 July 2021 aimed at improving the cash flow of associations;

Articles L. 151-1 to L. 152-8 and L. 153-2 to L. 154-1 are applicable, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2018-670 of 30 July 2018 on the protection of business secrecy;

Articles L. 141-12, L. 141-18, L. 143-6 and L. 144-6 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

Articles L. 141-21 and L. 141-22 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2023-393 of 24 May 2023 reforming the regime for mergers, demergers, partial contributions and cross-border transactions by commercial companies.

Articles L. 151-1 to L. 151-7, L. 151-9 to L. 152-1 and L. 152-3 to L. 154-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2018-670 of 30 July 2018 on the protection of business secrecy;

Article L. 151-8 is applicable in its wording resulting from Law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022 aimed at improving the protection of whistleblowers;

Article L. 152-2 is applicable in its wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

Articles L. 143-17 and L. 143-23 are applicable in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2019-1169 of 13 November 2019 on trademarks or service marks;

Article L. 145-16 is applicable in its wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2023-393 of 24 May 2023 reforming the regime for mergers, demergers, partial contributions and cross-border transactions of commercial companies;

2° Book II, with the exception of articles L. 225-27-1, L. 225-79-2, L. 225-245-1, L. 227-2, L. 227-2-1, L. 229-1 to L. 229-15, L. 238-6, L. 244-5, L. 252-1 to L. 252-13, L. 22-10-7 and L. 22-10-24;

Articles L. 223-27, L. 227-10 and L. 227-19 are applicable in their wording resulting from ordonnance no. 2017-747 of 4 May 2017;

Articles L. 228-40, L. 228-46-1, L. 228-47, L. 228-53, L. 228-54, L. 228-58, L. 228-59, L. 228-61, L. 228-77 and L. 228-79 to L. 228-81 are applicable as they appear in the ordonnance no. 2017-970 of 10 May 2017;

Articles L. 228-65 and L. 228-73 are applicable in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2023-393 of 24 May 2023 reforming the rules governing mergers, demergers, partial contributions and cross-border transactions by commercial companies;

Articles L. 232-25 and L. 232-26 are applicable in their wording resulting from the aforementioned Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019;

Article L. 225-35-14 is applicable in its wording resulting from the ordonnance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017;

Articles L. 221-7 and L. 225-37-4 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2017-1180 of 19 July 2017 transposing Directive 2014/95/EU amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards publication of non-financial information by certain large undertakings and certain groups of undertakings;

Article L. 232-1 is applicable in its wording resulting from Act no. 2018-727 of 10 August 2018 for a State serving a trust-based society;

Articles L. 210-10 to L. 210-12, L. 221-9, L. 223-35, L. 225-7, L. 225-16, L. 225-26, L. 225-30-2, L. 225-35, L. 225-40, L. 225-40-1, L. 225-42, L. 225-44, L. 225-64, L. 225-73, L. 225-80, L. 225-88, L. 225-88-1, L. 225-90, L. 225-115, L. 225-204, L. 225-244, L. 225-261, L. 225-268, L. 226-6, L. 226-9, L. 227-9-1, L. 228-1, L. 228-3, L. 228-3-2 to L. 228-3-6, L. 228-11, L. 228-12, L. 228-19, L. 228-98, L. 232-1, L. 232-3, L. 232-19, L. 232-25, L. 232-26, L. 235-1, L. 236-6, L. 236-9, L. 236-10 and L. 236-11. 236-10 and L. 23-11-1 to L. 23-11-4 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

Articles L. 225-42-1 and L. 225-90-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2019-697 of 3 July 2019;

Articles L. 223-11, L. 225-11-2, L. 225-12, L. 225-131, L. 225-134, L. 225-145, L. 228-39, L. 228-51, L. 232-23, L. 242-1, L. 242-17 and L. 253-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019.

Article L. 225-32 is applicable in the version resulting from Order no. 2019-738 of 17 July 2019.

Articles L. 221-7, L. 225-1, L. 225-18-1, L. 225-23, L. 225-27, L. 225-37-4, L. 225-39, L. 225-45, L. 225-46, L. 225-47, L. 225-53, L. 225-58, L. 225-63, L. 225-68, L. 225-69-1, L. 225-71, L. 225-81, L. 225-83, L. 225-84, L. 225-85, L. 225-87, L. 225-96, L. 225-98, L. 225-99, L. 225-100, L. 225-100-1, L. 225-102-3, L. 225-103-1, L. 225-106, L. 225-122, L. 225-123, L. 225-124, L. 225-125, L. 225-130, L. 225-135, L. 225-136, L. 225-138, L. 225-146, L. 225-147, L. 225-147-1, L. 225-149-3, L. 225-177, L. 225-179, L. 225-185, L. 225-186, L. 225-197-1, L. 225-206, L. 225-208, L. 225-209-2, L. 225-211, L. 225-213, L. 225-214, L. 225-217, L. 225-218, L. 225-228, L. 225-231, L. 225-232, L. 225-252, L. 225-256, L. 226-4-1, L. 226-8, L. 226-10, L. 226-10-1, L. 228-15 and L. 228-35-9 are applicable in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020;

Articles L. 226-1 and L. 227-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2023-393 of 24 May 2023 reforming the rules governing mergers, demergers, partial contributions and cross-border operations by commercial companies;

Articles L. 22-10-1 to L. 22-10-6, L. 22-10-8 to L. 22-10-23, L. 22-10-25 to L. 22-10-78 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020;

Articles L. 228-2, L. 228-3-1, L. 228-3-7, L. 228-29-7-1 to L. 228-29-7-4 and L. 22-10-43-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of transport, the environment, the economy and finance;

Articles L. 223-42 and L. 225-248 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agriculture;

Articles L. 229-3 and L. 229-5 are applicable in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2023-393 of 24 May 2023 reforming the rules governing mergers, demergers, partial contributions and cross-border transactions by commercial companies;

Articles L. 235-8 and L. 236-1 to L. 236-53 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2023-393 of 24 May 2023 reforming the rules governing mergers, divisions, partial contributions of assets and cross-border transactions by commercial companies;

Articles L. 232-6, L. 232-6-1, L. 233-28-1, L. 233-28-2 and L. 238-7 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2023-483 of 21 June 2023 relating to the communication, by certain companies and branches, of information relating to income tax;

Article L. 225-102-1 is applicable in its wording resulting from Law no. 2023-703 of 1 August 2023 relating to military programming for the years 2024 to 2030 and containing various provisions concerning defence;

3° Book III, with the exception of Articles L. 321-1 to L. 321-38;

Article L. 310-5 is applicable in the wording resulting from Law no. 2023-22 of 24 January 2023 on the orientation and programming of the Ministry of the Interior;

4° The provisions of Book IV mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table.

5° The provisions of Book V mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table.

6° Book VI under the following conditions:

a) Title I;

Articles L. 611-5 and L. 611-6 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

Articles L. 611-2, L. 611-2-2, L. 611-7, L. 611-10-2, L. 611-10-4 and L. 611-11 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1193 of 15 September 2021 amending Book VI of the Commercial Code;

Articles L. 611-13 and L. 611-17 are applicable in the wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity.

Article L. 612-1 is applicable in the wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

b) In Title II: Chapter I excluding the last sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 621-4, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century; Chapters II to VIII, with the exception of Articles L. 622-19 and L. 625-9;

Articles L. 622-24, L. 626-12 and L. 626-27 are applicable in the wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

Articles L. 620-1, L. 621-3, L. 622-7, L. 622-8, L. 622-10, L. 622-17, L. 622-21, L. 622-25, L. 622-26, L. 622-33, L. 622-34, L. 624-2, L. 624-3-1, L. 624-21, L. 626-2, L. 626-2-1, L. 626-10, L. 626-18, L. 626-20, L. 626-22, L. 626-26, L. 626-29, L. 626-30, L. 626-30-1, L. 626-30-2, L. 626-31, L. 626-31-1, L. 626-32, L. 626-33, L. 626-34, L. 628-1, L. 628-2, L. 628-3, L. 628-4, L. 628-5, L. 628-6, L. 628-7 and L. 628-8 are applicable in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2021-1193 of 15 September 2021 amending Book VI of the Commercial Code;

Articles L. 620-2, L. 621-2, L. 622-6, L. 624-19 and L. 626-13 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

c) Title III;

Articles L. 631-2, L. 631-9 and L. 631-11 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

Articles L. 631-7, L. 631-14, L. 631-19, L. 631-19-2, L. 631-20 and L. 631-22 are applicable in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2021-1193 of 15 September 2021 amending Book VI of the Commercial Code.

Articles L. 631-1, L. 631-2, L. 631-3, L. 631-11 and L. 632-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

d) In Title IV:

the preliminary chapter, excluding Article L. 640-2 and Article L. 640-3, which are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

Chapter I, with the exception of Articles L. 641-1, L. 641-3 and L. 641-11, which are applicable as amended by Law No 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses and Articles L. 641-13 and L. 641-14, which are applicable as amended by Law No 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses. 641-14 which are applicable in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2021-1193 of 15 September 2021 amending Book VI of the Commercial Code and Articles L. 641-2, L. 641-4, L. 641-9 and L. 641-15 which are applicable in their wording resulting from Law No. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

-Chapter II, with the exception of Article L. 642-7 which is applicable in its wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses and Article L. 642-12 which is applicable in its wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1193 of 15 September 2021 amending Book VI of the Commercial Code and Articles L. 642-22 and L. 642-22-1 which are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

Chapter III, with the exception of articles L. 643-3 and L. 643-8, which are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1193 of 15 September 2021 amending Book VI of the Commercial Code, and articles L. 643-11 and L. 643-12, which are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

-Chapter IV, with the exception of Articles L. 644-2 and L. 644-5, which are applicable in their wording resulting from Law No 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses, and Article L. 644-4, which is applicable in its wording resulting from Order No 2021-1193 of 15 September 2021 amending Book VI of the Commercial Code;

-Chapter V in the version resulting from Order no. 2014-1088 of 26 September 2014 supplementing Order no. 2014-326 of 12 March 2014 reforming the prevention of business difficulties and collective proceedings, with the exception of Article L. 645-4, which is applicable in the version resulting from Order 2016-727 of 2 June 2016 on the appointment of bailiffs and auctioneers as liquidators or assistants to the judge in certain proceedings provided for in Title IV of Book VI of the Commercial Code, Articles L. 645-3 and L. 645-9 which are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses and Articles L. 645-1 and L. 645-11 which are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

e) Title V, with the exception of Article L. 653-10;

Articles L. 651-1, L. 651-2, L. 651-3, L. 651-4, L. 653-3 and L. 653-6 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

Article L. 654-4 is applicable in its wording resulting from Order No. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 and Articles L. 654-9 and L. 654-14 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law No. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity.

f) Title VI, with the exception of Article L. 662-7;

Articles L. 661-1 and L. 661-7 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1193 of 15 September 2021 amending Book VI of the Commercial Code;

f bis) In Title VII: Article L. 670-6 is applicable in its wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

g) Title VIII;

h) Title VIII bis in its wording resulting from Law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of self-employed professional activity;

7° Title I of Book VII, with the exception of Articles L. 711-5 and L. 711-9; Articles L. 721-3 to L. 721-6; Article L. 752-27;

Article L. 712-6 is applicable in its wording resulting from Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 on the growth and transformation of businesses;

II. - The provisions of Book VIII shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands under the following conditions:

1° The provisions of Title I of Book VIII mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to judicial administrators, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table.

2° The provisions of Title II of Book VIII mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table.