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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2681-3

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories:1° In article R. 2111-9:a) 2° is deleted;b) In 5°, the words: "the other technical standards…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 793

Sont exonérés des droits de mutation à titre gratuit : 1.1° (Expired); 2° (Repealed); 3° interest shares held in a forestry group up to three-quarters of the fraction of the net value corresponding to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R444-3

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Access to employment for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 C

I. - Housing acquired with a view to rental, with financial assistance from the State or with a subsidy from the National Urban Renewal Agency, pursuant to 3° and 5° of Article L. 831-1 du code de la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34

I. - The provisions of this section apply to the following persons:1° The credit institutions defined in Article L. 511-1 and the central bodies mentioned in Article L. 511-30 ; 2° Investment firms wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L5311-1

I.-The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) is a public establishment under the supervision of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-11

I.-The recorded data mentioned in Article R. 53-10, which specify the DNA segments identified, are accompanied by the following information: 1° The number of the proceedings in the context of which re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34-1

In this Section and in Section 5 of this Chapter: 1° "Significant branch" means a branch of significant importance within the meaning of Article L. 613-32-1 ; 2° "Transnational group" means a group wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…e mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, insofar as they apply to communes and their groupings, are applicable to semi-public companies created by the communes of French Polynesia as we…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

The following constitute an offence subject to administrative sanction: 1° The performance, by a medical biology laboratory, of medical biology examinations with a view to establishing a prenatal diag…

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