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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The application of laws and regulations in Saint-Barthélemy

Article D6213-2

…icable to Saint-Barthélemy under the following conditions:1° For the application of article R. 1211-8, the president of the territorial council of Saint-Barthélemy is assimilated to the presidents of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article D6313-2

…applicable to Saint-Martin under the following conditions:1° For the application of Article R. 1211-8, the president of the territorial council of Saint-Martin is assimilated to the presidents of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3

…investigation or proceeds with it in accordance with the prescriptions of the code of criminal procedure.The competent magistrate makes a sovereign assessment, in each individual case, based on the na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-67

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of Article D. 1221-58, the import authorisation may be issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles and terms of pawnbroking.

Article D514-4

Within the limits set out in Article D. 514-8, the institution may grant a loan for an amount greater than that guaranteed by the judicial auctioneers. If the pledged property is sold at a price lower…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-2

…ications shall be made under the conditions set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Position limits and position reporting

Article D420-5

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/591 of 1 December 2016 clarifies the definition of economically equivalent OTC contracts.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Exemptions

Article D3335-18

…n or without complying with the conditions set by the temporary dispensation is subject to the procedures set out in articles 4 and 5 of decree no. 93-1101 of 3 September 1993 concerning the declarati…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: SCOPE

Article D110-1

Bilateral agreements and conventions referred to in

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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 D122-2

…ds of consular posts and heads of diplomatic missions under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2008-1176 of 13 November 2008 on the powers of heads of diplomatic missions and heads of consular posts…

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