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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L596-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° With the exception of Articles L. 511-7, L. 512-2, L. 520-1, L. 521-14, L. 531-26 to L. 531-28 and L. 561-3 the words: "in France" are replaced by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…89-1 any person guilty of any of the following offences: 1° Crime defined in articles 224-6 and 224-7 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Deliberate injury to life or limb, destruction, damage or deterioration,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-9

…article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-24

The declaration of priority provided for in 1 of Article L. 612-7 shall include the date of the earlier filing, the State in or for which it was made, and the number assigned to it. The declaration of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Other sanctions and measures

Article 1840 G

…f the undertaking given by a forestry group under the conditions provided for in 3° of 1 of Article 793 for the improvement of the production and land structure of French forests, this group and its s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-2

…he following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their word…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-2

…1° of article L. 6133-1, or covered by 4° of article L. 6133-1 or the provisions of article L. 6133-7, the constituent agreement organises the coordination of pharmaceutical activities within the grou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-1

…n the public health institution and one of the members of its management board or supervisory board;7° The articles of association of hospital foundations created by the institution;8° The acquisition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-83

…e third paragraph of Articles L. 225-40 and L. 225-88 and to articles L. 232-3, L. 234-1 and R. 823-7; c) The observations of the supervisory board, if any; 7° In the case of an ordinary general meeti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-9

…he registry officer specially authorised by the head of the prison in accordance with 4° of article 706-53-7, that the person incarcerated has not been the subject of the information mentioned in arti…

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