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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article LO6471-20

The Territorial Council shall be kept informed at its next meeting of the opinions issued by the Territorial Audit Office and of the decisions taken by the representative of the State in application o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions.

Article R3423-11

…ployees paid under illegal conditions. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code. In the event of more than one offence resulting in a rep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous benefits

Article R3423-12

For application in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, article R. 3261-13-1 reads as follows: "Art. R. 3261-13-1 -The other shared mobility services mentioned in article L. 3261-3-1 include: 1° The sel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1519-1

…Book III of this Part to Saint-Barthélemy:1° Les dispositions prévues aux 3° et 7° de l'article R. 1331-26, à l'article R. 1331-29 et au premier alinéa de l'article R. 1331-32 ne sont pas applicables…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Common provisions

Article R1527-1

…6145-15 ;12° The reference to any social or medico-social establishment or sector is not applicable;13° The reference to a departmental psychiatric hospitalisation commission does not apply;14° The re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article D1513-1

Article D. 1332-21 comes into force in Mayotte on 30 June 2015.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article D1513-2

Article D. 1332-22, the second and third paragraphs of article D. 1332-27 and article D. 1332-30 come into force in Mayotte on 31 December 2019.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1523-2

…erritory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the adaptations provided for in II: Article R. 1333-64 shall apply in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article D1513-3

Article D. 1332-28 comes into force in Mayotte on 31 December 2031.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions

Article R1545-1

For the application of this code in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the words "tribunal judiciaire" are replaced by the words "tribunal de première instance".

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