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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article R732-5

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Currency

Article R733-5

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-59

…inistrator or that of judicial representative. Subject to the provisions of décret n° 2017-794 du 5 mai 2017 relatif à la constitution, au fonctionnement et au contrôle des sociétés pluri-professionne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Apprenticeship agreements with legal entities governed by public law

Article D6271-3

Where the host employer is subject to the provisions of the Labour Code, it is responsible for complying with the provisions relating to working hours set out in Book I of Part Three, as well as healt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-2

…he is the offender. IV. - For the offences mentioned in 19°, when the offender is not a laboratory, 21° and 22°, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may impose an administrative fine of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

…the Customs Code of the Union, applicable to the customs debt defined in Articles 5(18), (20) and (21) of that Regulation, shall be extended to five years in the cases provided for in Article 103(2)…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-45

…sessment, as part of the information they must provide to this authority pursuant to Article L. 356-21.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS

Article R264-1

The provisions of articles R. 711-3 to R. 711-5, R. 721-1 to R.* 721-3, R. 731-1, R. 732-1 to R. 732-6, R. 733-1 to R. 733-21, R. 741-1 to R. 741-3, R. 742-1, R. 742-2, R. 743-1 to R. 743-22, R. 744-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Additional regional tax on tourist tax

Article L2531-17

…y the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation mentioned in 1° to 3° of I of Article L. 5211-21. This additional tax is established and collected according to the same procedures as the tax…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions.

Article L5134-31

…ives entitlement to exemption : 1° For the legal entities mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5134-21 of this code, from the contributions payable by the employer in respect of social insurance and f…

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