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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…ter the end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 2 January 2018 and 29 June 2019; d) No later than 14 weeks after the end of the financial year, for financial years endi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-81

…ist recidivism and reintegration for the measure to be lifted or modified shall be addressed to the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court. In accordance with the first sentence of the last paragraph of Art…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R596-3

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° With the exception of Article R. 561-11, the words: "in France" are replaced by the words: "in New Caledonia" and the words: "of France" by the wo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article R742-10

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

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article R743-10

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording of the decreeR. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article R744-10

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-17

…tion do not apply to: 1° Trading platform managers governed by Articles L. 420-18, L. 422-1, L. 424-9, L. 425-9 and L. 425-10 ; 2° Branches of credit institutions referred to in I of article L. 511-10…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-20

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overrun as defined in 11° of article L. 311-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Foreign investment subject to prior authorisation

Article R734-13

…eft-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Trading in financial instruments

Article L764-7

…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 table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting fro…

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