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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article D591-13

Articles D. 521-12, D. 531-1, D. 551-16 to D. 551-20, D. 551-22, D. 553-1 to D. 553-28, D. 554-1 and D. 581-7 are not applicable to Mayotte.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-3

The data mentioned in article R. 1111-8-2 may only be referenced using the national health identifier by the professionals, establishments, services and organisations mentioned in article L. 1110-4 an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-8

…ng commitments giving rise to the constitution of a diversification reserve, the information memorandum referred to in article L. 132-5-2, the notice referred to in article L. 132-5-3 or, when they ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D773-22

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D774-22

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the ex…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-5 (art. A212-192-5)

…ma. II - Test to verify theoretical and practical knowledge and safety skills This test takes place during the winter, over a period of two to five days. It consists of three tests designed to check,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-44

…rvision, socio-judicial monitoring or secure detention, in accordance with the articles 723-37, 763-8 et 706-53-19. The regional court for security retention shall rule on a proposal from the multidis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Health and autonomy conferences

Article D1443-9

For its application to La Réunion, 3° of article D. 1432-28, 8° of article D. 1432-37, 8° of article D. 1432-39 and 8° of article D. 1432-41 are deleted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-10

…2 to R. 6145-4, R. 6145-6 to R. 6145-11, R. 6145-13 with the exception of 2°, R. 6145-16, R. 6145-18 to R. 6145-22, R. 6145-24 to R. 6145-26, R. 6145-28 to R. 6145-30, D. 6145-31 to D. 6145-34, R. 61…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-82-1

…to professional equality between women and men mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2312-18 of the Labour Code and in article L. 1142-8 of the same code, where these apply, as well as on the…

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