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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R592-3

…4° In Article R. 521-9, the words: ", or when their fingerprints taken pursuant to Article R. 521-7 are unusable," are deleted; 5° In Article R. 521-18, the reference to Article R. 521-7 is deleted;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…e has : a) either completed fifteen years of assembly-line work within the meaning of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in suc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-14

…red creditor or of the purchaser, at the expense, risk and peril of the overbidder and his surety remaining committed, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the articles L. 143-4, L. 143-5 to L.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-9

It is forbidden: 1° To issue, in breach of the provisions laid down in articles L. 433-3 to L. 433-7, a title, certificate or any other document attesting that a product or service has certain charact…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-8-5

The provisions of article 529-7 of this code relating to the fixed fine with a minority are applicable to second, third and fourth class offences mentioned in article R. 48-1 (1°) with the exception o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementation of financial penalties

Article R1435-38

…ion orders relating to penalties and periodic penalty payments ordered pursuant to Articles L. 1435-7-1, L. 5472-1 and L. 5472-2. The collection order is issued and made enforceable under the conditio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-187

The services listed in Table 6 of Article Annex 4-7 give rise to the collection of fees set in accordance with the respective provisions of subsections 1 to 5 of this section. Lump-sum reimbursements…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Expenditure

Article L2564-20

The 7° of Article L. 2321-2 is applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions applicable during periods of general mobilisation and wartime

Article L2573-11

The articles L. 2124-1 to L. 2124-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Acts of municipal authorities and litigation

Article L2573-13

The articles L. 2132-1 to L. 2132-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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