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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L772-3

…t of the taxes provided for by these regulations. When the department referred to in article L. 561-23 has received information about fraudulent evasion or attempted fraudulent evasion of the assessme…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals aged between sixteen and eighteen who declare that they wish to work

Article L421-35

…vée et familiale" ("private and family life") if they meet the conditions laid down in articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7, L. 423-13, L. 423-14, L. 423-15, L. 423-21, L. 423-22, L. 423-23, L. 425-9 or L. 426…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-5

…n these accounts on the basis of Articles L. 310-25 and L. 326-1 to L. 327-6 of this Code, Articles 2331 and 2377 of the Civil Code, Book VI of the Commercial Code, Articles L. 222-1 and L. 212-23 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Regional Health Agency for French Guiana

Article D1444-2

…sentatives of maisons de santé appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency"; 7° 23° of the same article is deleted and 24° to 31° become 23° to 30°; 8° In the third paragraph of Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Borrowings by départements, communes and public establishments

Article 133

…it foncier, the société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code and savings banks. Interest, arrears and all other proceeds from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L753-6

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-6

I. - Société du Grand Paris may award an overall contract to an economic operator for all or part of the design, construction and development of the infrastructure of the Greater Paris public transpor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-3

The following are inadmissible: 1° An application for a declaration of invalidity brought by the proprietor of an earlier trade mark which has been registered for more than five years at the date of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-16

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has determined that the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 are not fulfilled or have ceased to be fulfilled in order to ensure or restor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-11

…% when the revenue generated by feature films is greater than €307,500 and less than or equal to €1,230,000;- 146.49% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €1,230,000 and less than…

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