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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article D754-6

Article D. 313-2 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-2

…in Article L. 236-1 of the Commercial Code or the demerger operations referred to in Article L. 236-18 of the same Code involve transfers of the portfolio of contracts carried out under the conditions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-20

…ic establishment of the Corsican regional authority of an industrial and commercial nature, the Office des transports de la Corse, over which the authority exercises its supervisory power, has the mis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments organising the practice of air diving

Article A322-82

The conditions for air diving are set out in appendices III-16 a and III-16 b.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-1

The provisions of Book I of Part IV, in the version resulting from Law No. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system, with the exception of Articles L. 4…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Recovery methods

Article R412-33

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° Les dispositions des articles 1er, 2, des paragraphes 1 à 3, de l'article 9, de l'article 10, de l'article 11 des paragraphes 1 et 2 de l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-2

…population to be taken into account for the application of this section is that resulting from the census, increased each year by population increases under conditions defined by decree in the Counci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditations.

Article R4724-1

…ditation Committee or by any other accreditation body designated pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

…cles L. 5125-1-1 to L. 5125-3-3, L. 5125-5-1, L. 5125-8, L. 5125-9, L. 5125-11, L. 5125-12, L. 5125-16 and L. 5125-18 shall apply in the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…pply, unless otherwise stipulated, to buildings for which planning permission was issued before 1st July 1997, whether they belong to private or public persons. II - In this section, the term "owner"…

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