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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article D773-40

I. - Pursuant to 8° of Article 6-2 of Organic Law No 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, Articles D. 561-4-1 to D. 561-54 shall apply ipso jure in New Caledonia.II.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R775-4

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title II: Ownership

Article 546

…uces, and to that which is accessorily united to it either naturally or artificially. This right is called the "right of accession".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 169-1

The provisions of articles 168 and 169 are applicable to persons called upon either to make findings or to assess the nature of the circumstances of a death, in accordance with articles 60 and 74.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction by reason of subject matter.

Article L1411-6

Where a body usually takes the place of the employer's legal obligations, it may be called into question alongside the employer in the event of a dispute between the employer and the employees it empl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of parents in the absence of a spouse entitled to inherit.

Article 733

…aw does not distinguish according to the methods of establishing filiation to determine the parents called to succeed. The rights resulting from adoptive filiation are regulated under adoption.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1801

…e livestock given to the farmer or sharecropper.There is still a fourth kind of contract improperly called livestock.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other cases of recourse to expert appraisal

Article L2315-95

In companies with at least three hundred employees, the social and economic committee may decide to call on a technical expert of its choice to prepare for negotiations on professional equality.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article L723-1

…ion, the commission draws up a statement of the debtor's liabilities. To this end, it may publish a call for creditors.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 6: Guardianship.

Article 1257

…ies for supplementary authorisation, the guardianship judge may only give a ruling after hearing or calling the guardian.

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