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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Electronic money

Article D754-15

Article D. 315-2 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-23

For the application of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, state, by reasoned order or judgment, that there is no need to order a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Holders of a diploma entitling them to practise the profession of dietician.

Article D4371-1

…ember 1952, first part, and the decree of 14 September 1953, second part, in accordance with decree n° 52-178 of 19 February 1952 creating and fixing the general provisions of the public examinations…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D1221-58

Any importation of a labile blood product or a plasma paste is subject to prior authorisation issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article D2671-5

For the application of article D. 2392-2 in New Caledonia, the words "to L. 2392-3" are replaced by the words "and L. 2392-2".

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés à capital variable d'investissement salarié (employee investment companies with variable capital)

Article D214-216

Notwithstanding article D. 214-32-10, the minimum initial capital of an employee-owned open-ended investment company is €225,000.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment services

Article D752-15

Article D. 314-2 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-1314 of 31 August 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal interest rate

Article D752-6

Article D. 313-1-A is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-1115 of 2 October 2014.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal interest rate

Article D753-6

Article D. 313-1-A is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-1115 of 2 October 2014.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article D774-11

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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