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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Travel documents issued to foreign minors

Article D414-1

…y the prefect of the département in which the minor usually resides and, where the minor resides in Paris, by the police prefect, at the request of the person exercising parental authority or their au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Credit Advisory Committee in French Polynesia

Article R783-13

The Credit Advisory Committee instituted by Article 101 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia is consulted by the High Commissioner of the Republ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 232

Assizes are held in Paris and in each département.In Corsica, assizes are held in Ajaccio and Bastia.Assizes are held in Strasbourg and Colmar..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…eft-hand column of the table below, insofar as they apply to communes and their groupings, are applicable to semi-public companies created by the communes of French Polynesia as well as their grouping…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-3

When it appears to the investigating judge in Paris that the acts referred to him do not constitute one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 628 and do not fall within its jurisdiction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article R814-16

The guarantee fund instituted in

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for trimix and heliox

Article A322-96

…ptitude by the divers and the person supervising the group in accordance with the table inAnnex III-18 a. The conditions for diving with trimix or heliox mixes are set out in annexes III-18 b and III-…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Seizure by declaration to the administrative authority

Article R223-5

The effects of the declaration may not prejudice the creditor holding a pledge duly registered in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 2023-97 of 14 February 2023 relating to the registration…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibition on entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place

Article R332-5

…paragraph of article L. 332-16 is domiciled in a department other than that of the prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect who imposed the ban provided for in the first paragraph of the same articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-8-1

…n granted may be the subject of an action for review or annulment before the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal or his delegate. The order of the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal…

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