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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: International cooperation and information exchange

Article R783-25

The provisions of article R. 632-1 are applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from decree no. 2021-941 of 15 July 2021.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: International cooperation and information exchange

Article R782-25

The provisions of article R. 632-1 are applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from decree no. 2021-941 of 15 July 2021.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Apprenticeship supervisor

Article R6261-10

…necessary, an exception may be made to the condition of qualification provided for in article R. 6261-9 . In such cases, the opinion of the chambers of trades and crafts with jurisdiction in the Haut-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment services

Article R753-15

Article R. 314-1 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-10

…ectors or a Supervisory Committee meets the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 141-7.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1

…d people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application of article L. 1242-3. During the performance of these contracts, one or more agreements concluded pursuant to Arti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-15

The annual fees provided for in Article L. 612-19 for the patent application resulting from the conversion of a European patent application carried out under the conditions provided for by the article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notification to economic operators of a non-conformity

Article R4314-10

…quipment and shall, where appropriate, send it the verification reports referred to in Article R. 4314-5. It shall set a deadline for the operator to submit its observations and set out any corrective…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-10

…titutionality is raised on appeal, the separate pleading provided for in article 23-5 of Ordonnance n° 58-1067 of 7 November 1958 shall bear the words: "question prioritaire de constitutionnalité". Th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial guarantee.

Article R512-15

I.-The amount of the financial guarantee provided for in article L. 512-7 is set by order of the Minister for the Economy. II - The guarantee commitment, which takes effect on 1st March for a period o…

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