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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L783-8

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L784-8

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L773-2

…2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 511-7 with the exception of its third and ninth paragraphs Act 2018-1021 of 23 November 2018 L. 511-8 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 II of Article L. 511-8-1 Orde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L774-2

…2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 511-7 with the exception of its third and ninth paragraphs Act 2018-1021 of 23 November 2018 L. 511-8 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 II of Article L. 511-8-1 Orde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L775-2

…2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 511-7 with the exception of its third and ninth paragraphs Act 2018-1021 of 23 November 2018 L. 511-8 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 II of Article L. 511-8-1 Orde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-4

Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-4 of the French Commercial Code apply to credit institutions and finance companies for their banking and related operations defined in article L. 311-2, to electronic money…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9

…set out in the same article L. 5121-8 or the obligations imposed on it pursuant to Articles L. 5121-8-1 and L. 5121-24. The suspension, withdrawal or amendment provided for in the fourth paragraph of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Basic services and basic banking services.

Article D312-5-1

The basic banking services referred to in III of Article L. 312-1 comprise :1° The basic services referred to in 1° to 8° of article D. 312-5;2° Cash deposits and withdrawals at the counter of the org…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the employment contract

Article R7413-4

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 1234-1 to L. 1234-8 and L. 1237-1, relating to notice periods, to homeworkers with an open-ended employment contract, the compensation due in the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-9

Article L. 4125-1, the first three paragraphs of Article L. 4125-2, Articles L. 4125-3, L. 4125-3-1, L. 4125-4, L. 4125-5, L. 4125-7 and L. 4125-8 and L. 4126-1 to L. 4126-6 are applicable to the nurs…

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