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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 814

In New Caledonia, when police custody takes place outside the communes of Nouméa, Mont-Doré, Dumbea and Paita and it appears materially impossible for a lawyer to travel there, the powers vested in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementing provisions.

Article L6332-6

…ved skills operator may have and the conditions for transferring these funds to France Compétences; 7° The conditions for using the payments and the operating procedures of the sections provided for i…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-2

…the administrative fine may not exceed : 1° 500,000 euros for the offences mentioned in 1° bis, 3°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 18°, 19°, 20° and 23° of Article L. 6241-1; 2° Two million euros for the offences…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-81

…6° A very obvious reminder of the provisions of articles L. 225-106 and L. 22-10-39 to L. 22-10-42; 7° An indication that the shareholder, failing to attend the meeting in person, may choose one of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

…quality at a given location and generally occurring no more than once every four years on average. 7° Appropriate management measures in the event of pollution are measures to prevent bathers' exposu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Currency

Article R734-4

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Single risk assessment document

Article R4121-4

…f the professional bodies for health, safety and working conditions mentioned in Article L. 4643-1; 7° The radiation protection inspectors mentioned in Article L. 1333-29 of the Public Health Code and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formalities

Article A444-172

The services listed under numbers 196 to 211 of the table referred to in article A. 444-53 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Des…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Management and training

Article R4462-27

I.-The conduct and supervision, or the execution, of specific pyrotechnic activities, as well as specific maintenance activities or the internal transport of explosive substances or objects, shall onl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-44

…and the evacuation of workers, as well as the joint organisational measures taken in this respect; 7° The arrangements for cooperation between contractors, employers or self-employed workers.

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