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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R442-2

…ovisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Applicable articles In the wording resultin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465 B

Article 1465 also applies for transactions carried out from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2023 in investment aid zones for small and medium-sized enterprises and within the limits provided for by A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

Financial securities admitted to the operations of a central depository may be registered in a securities account held by an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3, unless the issuer decides oth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2422-1

…ons provided for in this chapter, Title I of Book II is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 2212-3, and the third and fourth paragraphs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5842-6

…IONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 5211-16 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-17 (with the exception of the third and sixth paragraphs) law no. 2006-1771 of 30 December 2006 L. 5211-17-2 law no…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Sale or provision of "snowball" services

Article L121-15

The following are prohibited: 1° The sale practised by the so-called "snowball" process or any other similar processes consisting in particular of offering goods to the public with the expectation tha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Automated national registry of legal proceedings

Article 48-1

The automated national order office for legal proceedings is an automated application, placed under the control of a magistrate, containing nominative information relating to complaints and denunciati…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 5: Dropping off passengers in mountain areas.

Article L342-30

…Article L. 363-1 of the Environment Code hereafter reproduced: "Art. L. 363-1 of the Environment Code. In mountain areas, the dropping off of passengers for l…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Tax on seasonal self-employed business activities.

Article L422-11

…et out in articles L. 2333-88 to L. 2333-90 of the General Local Authorities Code, which are reproduced below: "Art. L. 2333-88 of the General Local Authorities Code. Any municipality may, by resoluti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-20

…f the approval provided for in article L. 212-19 is subject to the approval by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of the programming commitments mentioned in 1° of art…

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