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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commission agents.

Article R132-1

The rules governing the activity of forwarding agent are set out in Decree no. 90-200 of 5 March 1990 relating to the exercise of the profession of forwarding agent.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Equity securities

Article R742-3

Articles R. 212-1 to R. 212-3 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2007-431 of 25 March 2007.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Equity securities

Article R743-3

Articles R. 212-1 to R. 212-3 are applicable in French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2007-431 of 25 March 2007.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…tional register of companies, up to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012. The portion of the fees collected by the Institute for the mainte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-9

…the resolution referred to in article LO 1112-3. The provisions of the loi n° 77-808 du 19 juillet 1977 relative à la publication et à la diffusion de certains sondages d'opinion are applicable to lo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-2

The application for authorisation to carry out the biological diagnosis provided for in Article R. 2131-26-1 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by the multidisciplin…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-1

…loi n° 2021-1729 du 22 décembre 2021 pour la confiance dans l'ins…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Consumer credit

Article R351-3

…s and Futuna Islands:APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REDACTION R. 312-2 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018 on the dematerialisation of contractual relations in the financial sector R. 31…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-11

The prison sentences provided for in I, II and III of article 22 of deliberation no. 202 of the Congress of New Caledonia of 22 August 2006 relating to the protection of athletes' health and the fight…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations.

Article R231-1

The rules relating to breaches of the provisions of article R. 213-13 are defined inarticle 242 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies.

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