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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3826-3

…nd Futuna Islands, in the version resulting from Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for the justice system.Article L. 3353-4 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Staff transfers

Article L1424-14

Volunteer firefighters belonging to a communal or inter-communal fire brigade serving a main rescue centre or a rescue centre on the date of promulgation of law n° 96-369 of 3 May 1996 relating to fir…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mediation

Article L651-2

…ation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC" are replaced by the words: "the rules in force in mainland France under the provisions of Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Pa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mediation

Article L651-1

…ation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC" are replaced by the words: "the rules in force in mainland France under the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 43

…er article 699 of the local code of civil procedure, article 17 (paragraph 2) of the law of 30 June 1878 relating to indemnities granted to witnesses and experts, articles 4 and 16 of the Empire law o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies D

…ts mentioned in the first paragraph of this I acquired as new from 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2022. II.-The deduction is spread on a straight-line basis over the normal period of use of the asse…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-4

For the application in Mayotte of articles L. 3141-13 and L. 3141-23, the words: "from 1st May to 31st October" are replaced by the words: "from 1st July to 31st December".

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Power of discharge.

Article R112-2

The rules on the legal tender status of euro coins are set out in Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 974-98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-4

…of the institution concerned or in the automatic accounts grouped into circuits between 1 February 2022 and 31 January 2023;3° In the event of cumulative investment of sums in the automatic account a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-31

…s may only obtain an extension of their authorisation to operate in other classes mentioned in 1 to 18 of Article R. 321-1 if they can demonstrate that their solvency margin is at least equal to the r…

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