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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Related agents

Article R773-28

Article R. 545-1 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Related agents

Article R774-28

Article R. 545-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree No. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Single registration

Article R775-28

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 546-1n° 2022-110 of 1st February 2022R. 546-2 with the exception of the second paragraph of I and R. 546-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Publicity and policing of the hearing

Article 400-1

…Book IV bis of the Criminal Code and the crimes mentioned in Article 706-73 of this code, the court may, by judgment given in open court, order that a witness be heard in camera for the duration of th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classified tourist resorts.

Article R133-40

…ody that has obtained classification as a tourist resort must erect a sign, the model for which is set by order of the Minister for Tourism, indicating the classified tourist resort at the entrance to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Surgical health centres.

Article D6124-401

The general organisation, staff, equipment and all services of a surgical clinic must be adapted to the maximum number of patients that can normally be admitted and operated on. Any new facility must…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-40

…company collective agreement or agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or agreement shall determine: 1° The maximum total duration of the leave ; 2° The period within which the employee must…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to non-contentious matters.

Article 28

The judge may rule without debate.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Summary of customers

Article 289 B

…ny taxable person identified for value added tax purposes must file, within a period and in accordance with procedures laid down by decree, a summary statement of customers, with their value added tax…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Polling stations

Article R7343-40

…nfidentiality of the data during and after the ballot; 4° The status of the persons authorised to access each of the computer files provided for in article R. 7343-37. II - The polling station may, at…

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