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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-152

Unless otherwise stipulated, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-27 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-26-2 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-24-2

Except in the case of small farmers within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 referred to above, the farmer shall pay compensation to the holders of the plant variety ce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6153-6-2

The provisions of articles D. 6153-1-23, and D. 6153-1-25 to D. 6153-1-27 are applicable to interns practising medicine, pharmacy or odontology in a health establishment on a substitute basis.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-1

…3 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 Article R. 713-4 Decree no. 2019-1333 of 11 December 2019 Articles R. 713-5 to R. 713-11 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 721…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support measures for authors of fictional or animated cinematographic works

Article 919-1

…y way of derogation from 1° of article 212-5, for applications submitted in 2021, financial assistance for the development of projects may be awarded to authors who have collaborated on the production…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-41

…bution company must :1° Have distributed at least six cinematographic works over the three years preceding the year of the application;2° Have submitted an application for aid for a given work for at…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-42

…bution company must :1° Have distributed at least six cinematographic works over the three years preceding the year of the application;2° Have submitted an application for aid for a given work for at…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-6

A temporary or multi-annual residence permit may be withdrawn from a foreign national who has committed acts that expose him or her to one of the convictions provided for in articles 222-34 to 222-40,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L2571-2

The articles L. 2113-1 to L. 2113-22 and the articles L. 2224-12-3-1, L. 2224-12-4 and L. 2224-12-5 as well as the third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 2143-3 are not applicable to…

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