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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia

Article L2727-1

…stablishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action, unless…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article L2726-1

…stablishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action, unless…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article L3426-1

…establishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action, unless…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HX

…238 bis HW may not benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various provisions of an economic and financial nature, no…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedure for recognition of statelessness

Article L582-3

…ersonal receipt of this notification. All rejection decisions must state the reasons in fact and in law and specify the appeal procedures and deadlines.No decision on an application for stateless stat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Responsibilities

Article L2121-29

…of the commune by its deliberations. It gives its opinion whenever this opinion is required by the laws and regulations, or when it is requested by the representative of the State in the department.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Loan guarantees

Article L2252-5

Notwithstanding the transfer, whether voluntary or by operation of law, of all or part of its competencies in terms of housing policy or housing to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperati…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 696

…g legal aid may be charged all or part of the costs of the proceedings are set by the provisions of Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 and Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to certain contraventions

Article 529

…least one of which cannot give rise to a fixed fine, have been recorded simultaneously or when the law provides that a repeat offence constitutes a misdemeanour..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689

…in accordance with the provisions of Book I of the Penal Code or another legislative text, French law is applicable, or when an international convention or an act adopted in application of the treat…

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