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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L774-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions, activities and prohibitions

Article L775-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article R432-14

In front of the residence permit commission, the foreign national submits the grounds on which he is basing his application for the granting or renewal of a residence permit. A record of the foreign n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Surety bonds

Article R22

Notice shall be given to the investigating judge by the court clerk of any failures or delays in the payment of the bond. Notice of the payment itself shall be given without delay to the examining mag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pre-employment medical examination

Article R4624-25

This examination and any renewal thereof will result in the occupational physician issuing a notice of fitness or unfitness in accordance with the provisions of article L. 4624-4. This opinion of fitn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Composition and mandate

Article L23-112-2

In the context of the ballot referred to in articles L. 2122-10-1 and L. 2122-6, the candidate employee trade union organisations referred to in article L. 2122-10-6 may indicate on their electoral pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-121

Beneficiaries of jobs for the future as teachers are recruited by local public education establishments or local public agricultural education and vocational training establishments, after receiving t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-12

A professional responsible for payment of the resale right pursuant to Article R. 122-9 is liable to a fine of the third class for:1° Not paying the resale right to the beneficiary who requests it in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-3

The individual levies calculated for each municipality and each public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status in accordance with

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking.

Article R2335-4

Where the exemptions from property tax on built-up properties provided for in articles 1384, 1384-0 A, 1384 A, 1384 C and 1384 D of the General Tax Code and to I and II bis of Article 1385 of the same…

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