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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L765-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless ot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15-2

…to take the necessary measures to put an end to the infringement. If, two months after this notification, the infringement persists, the AMF may initiate sanction proceedings against the institution…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

…he National Forensic Science Service of the Ministry of the Interior. III. III.The rights of rectification and limitation of data referred to in Articles 16 to 18 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L764-11

…ly in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L763-11

…ble shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in 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
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L762-11

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandatory information and scope of the declaration

Article R1221-1

…° Company name or surname and forenames of the employer, APE code, address of the employer, identification system number for the register of companies and their establishments and the occupational hea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Master plans, sector plans and regional plans for the organisation of missions

Article D711-41

The sectoral plans mentioned in 3° of Article L. 711-8 are part of the regional strategy. They indicate the location of all the establishments, infrastructures, facilities and services managed by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-2

…each of the territorially competent prefectures, a copy of the electoral rolls on paper, on a physical electronic medium or by access to a digital file.The prefect or prefects of the constituency sha…

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