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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for admission to the profession and to other judicial and legal professions

Article R742-35

…the training period provided for in articles L. 811-5 and L. 812-3, to the article 2 du décret du 19 juin 1973 relatif à la formation professionnelle des commissaires priseurs et aux conditions d'acc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L656-1

…llowing provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L655-1

…llowing provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their automatic appli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-12-1

For the application of the eighth paragraph of article L. 5211-29, the share of tax potential corresponding to the perimeter of agglomeration communities resulting from the transformation of a new agg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1729 C

…e to file within the prescribed period any of the declarations mentioned in article 1406, article 1496 ter, in III of article 1518 ter and in VI of article 146 of law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-6

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall decide on the asylum application within the time limits laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 31 of Directive 2013/32/…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L754-10

Article L. 316-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013, subject to the addition in the second paragraph, after the words: "to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-A

…ll capital requirement to be met at any time in order to satisfy any requirement set out in Article 92(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…Title IIR. 2121-1 to R. 2121-7R. 2121-8Resulting from decree no. 2021-1111 of 23 August 2021R. 2121-9R. 2122-1Resulting from decree no. 2021-1634 of 13 December 2021R. 2122-2Resulting from decree no.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2681-1

…Title IIR. 2121-1 to R. 2121-7R. 2121-8Resulting from decree no. 2021-1111 of 23 August 2021R. 2121-9R. 2122-1Resulting from decree no. 2021-1634 of 13 December 2021R. 2122-2Resulting from decree no.…

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