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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R772-2

…icle R. 561-9, the words "in the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words "in mainland France";6° In 3° of Article R. 561-15:a) The first paragraph is replaced by the following:"…

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

Article R772-1

…icle R. 561-9, the words "in the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words "in mainland France";6° In 3° of Article R. 561-15:a) The first paragraph is replaced by the following:"…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-3

The joint training mentioned in Article L. 2212-1 is carried out as part of : 1° For employees, either the economic, social and trade union training leave provided for in article L. 2145-5, or the tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-8

…product; d) The duration of treatment; e) The number of animals to be included in the trial and the main inclusion criteria; 4° For the veterinary medicinal product to be tested: a) Its name as define…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis-0 A bis

…11-34 of the Monetary and Financial Code and comply with the conditions laid down in article L. 211-28 of the same code;3° The collateral is returned to the collateral provider in equivalent securitie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-2

…de are replaced by references to exemptions from social security contributions mentioned in Article 28-7 of Order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

…mage ;25 Damage to professional property ;26 Damage to agricultural property ;27 Natural disasters ;28 General civil liability ;29 Legal protection ;30 Assistance ;31 Miscellaneous pecuniary losses ;3…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-7

…the words: "in the territories to which they give access" ; 4° In article L. 414-10, the words: "on mainland France" are replaced by the words: "on the territory of the local authority"; 5° Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-79-2

…ployees on the basis of 1° of III of this article respects parity in accordance with article L. 225-28. Where two directors are appointed on the basis of 2° of the same III, the group committee, centr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7

…al for each commune to the product of its population by an amount of 64.46 euros per inhabitant to 128.93 euros per inhabitant in increasing proportion to the population of the commune, under conditio…

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