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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-5

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L753-5

…ollowing table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-5

…a write-down measure as part of the internal bail-in under the following conditions: 1° Tier 1 core capital instruments are written down in accordance with Article L. 613-48-3 ; 2° If the reduction ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-5-5

…d to their administrative situation. At the very least, it makes it possible to : 1° Identify and locate, on the basis of available local observation data and the expertise of local players, the peopl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-12

…years may, after serving four years of such period of Ineligibility, participate as an athlete in local sporting events organised by organisations, or their members, which are not signatories to the W…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 55

…re set out in Article L. 55 of the Book of Tax Procedures (1). (1) See also Livre des procédures fiscales, art. L 10 and L 15.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-5

I.-In application of 13° of article L. 122-5 and subject to II of this article, libraries accessible to the public, museums, archive services or institutions holding film, audiovisual or sound heritag…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 58

…es may, if they have not already done so since the dispute arose, give the judge, in the joint application, the task of ruling as amiable compositeur or bind him by the qualifications and points of la…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-1-1

…ake effective the right of access to drinking water and sanitation under conditions that are economically acceptable to all, as set out in article L. 210-1 of the Environment Code. These measures may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4371-5

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by dieticians whose declaration is provided for in article L. 4371-7.

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