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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L763-10

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

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L4521-1

The provisions of this Title are applicable in establishments comprising at least one basic nuclear installation within the meaning of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-1

…pplicable, the legal entity, with the exception of the fourth paragraph of article L. 112-3 and 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 113-2, for which the reference to the insured is replaced by a simultaneous…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Duties of the agent

Article L2422-6

…approval of the successful tenderer, the project management contract and monitoring its execution; 3° Approving the preliminary design and project studies of the project manager; 4° Preparing, awardi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-6

…nce with article 29 of law no. 82-1153 of 30 December 1982 on the orientation of domestic transport;3° The directors of legal entities registered in the Trade and Companies Register and their employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Carcinogens, mutagens or agents toxic to reproduction.

Article R4535-9

…articles R. 4412-61 to R. 4412-65 with the exception of the first paragraph of article R. 4412-64 ; 3° Preventive measures and means provided for in articles R. 4412-66 to R. 4412-75 with the exceptio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POPULATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY (R)

Article R2151-1

I. - The persons taken into account in the population categories defined below are persons residing in the dwellings of a municipality, those residing in communities as defined in V and VI of this art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74-2

…o is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by a trial court or by the sentence enforcement judge ;3° Person sentenced to an unsuspended custodial sentence of one year or more or to a custodial sente…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-1

…es exempt from administrative authorisation pursuant to Article R. 322-117-1 of the Insurance Code; 3° Provident institutions and their unions governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-38

In the absence of an agreement, the compulsory counterpart in the form of time off mentioned in article L. 3121-30 is set at 50% of the overtime hours worked in excess of the annual quota mentioned in…

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