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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article R754-18

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the commune of Marseille (R).

Article R2513-2

The Marseille municipal social action centre is subject to the provisions of articles 39 and 40 of decree no. 95-562 of 6 May 1995 relating to municipal and inter-municipal social action centres and t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R519-19

The provisions of articles R. 519-21, R. 519-22 and R. 519-23 apply when the customer or potential customer is a natural person.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article R7343-80

…mber of the year preceding the year of the declaration of candidacy provided for in article L. 7343-23.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company

Article R6223-77

For the application ofarticle 23 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947, the cooperative societies mentioned in this section come under the authority of the Minister for Health.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-30

…elation to the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 31 March of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, less the amounts of subsidies intended to compensate for the loss of turnover suffered during…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-8-1

…he contrary, any credit or financial institution referred to in Article L. 511-22 or Article L. 511-23 may, when carrying on business in France, use the same name as that which it uses in its home Mem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…26-7 ;Article R. 321-47 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2019-1333 of 11 December 2019;4° The provisions of Book IV with the exception of Articles R. 421-1 à…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-3

…d Article R. 3115-15-1 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Decree No. 2019-258 of 29 March 2019.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-17

…trader has not reimbursed the consumer in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 224-23, the sums owed by the professional are automatically increased by half.

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