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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-4

…he conditions laid down for labour inspectors and inspectors byarticle 154 of law no. 52-1322 of 15 December 1952 instituting a labour code in the territories and associated territories under the juri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-551

…e born before 1st July 1951; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months for those born in 1952; 4° 66 years and 2 months for those b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-423

…born before 1st July 1951 ; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months for those born in 1952; 4° 66 years and 2 months for those b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-636

…e born before 1st July 1951; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months for those born in 1952; 4° 66 years and 2 months for those b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-719

…e born before 1st July 1951; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months for those born in 1952; 4° 66 years and 2 months for those b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L285-1

…isions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or their automatic applicability is mentioned in the table…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20-1

When they do not have the status of judicial police officer pursuant to article 16-1 A, active or retired national police officers and national gendarmerie military personnel who had the status of jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

…ata is to be kept, the procedures for authorising the persons mentioned in 1° and 3° of Article 230-16 as well as, where applicable, the conditions under which interested parties may exercise their ri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-2

…r which the founders of public limited companies are responsible by the articles L. 225-2 to L. 225-16. During the existence of the company, unless otherwise stipulated in the Articles of Association,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-8

…fice. This judicial administrator remains subject to the provisions of articles L. 811-10 to L. 811-16, L. 814-1-1 et L. 814-5.

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