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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-9

I. - An indicator of the resources of the communes of New Caledonia is created, which corresponds to the sum of:a) The flat-rate allocation of the global operating allocation defined in Article L. 233…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liability insurance

Article R519-16

…the date of their registration in the single register of intermediaries referred to in Article R. 546-1 until 1 March of the following year.III. - The insurer shall issue a professional indemnity insu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

French nationals may claim the application for their benefit, in France, of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Safety

Article L463-1

…TICLES APPLICABLE IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 425-1 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2022-456 of 30 March 2022 on the creation of a declaration system in the field of aviation safety and the a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-2

The public prosecutor draws up an annual report on the state of enforcement of sentences and the time taken to enforce them, which includes, in particular, a report drawn up by the departmental direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1545-4

The National Public Health Agency may exercise all or part of its powers in New Caledonia or French Polynesia, subject to the conclusion of an agreement to this effect with the local authority concern…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-1

For the purposes of this Chapter, the notion of third-party donor means the person whose gametes have been collected or retrieved pursuant to Chapter IV of Title IV of Book II of Part One of this Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-2

…d for in this chapter. II -Article L. 2222-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Article L. 2223-2 is applicab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3842-1

…not apply in New Caledonia.Article L. 3421-5 is applicable in its wording resulting from Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

…ercial Code must contain, in addition to the information listed in articles 92 or 117 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies, an indication of the amounts paid to the persons me…

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