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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R*596-1

The following provisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the tab…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R*593-1

The following provisions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-17

…s whose state of abandonment has been established in accordance with articles R. 2223-12 to R. 2223-16.This list is deposited at the office of the cemetery curator, if this post exists, as well as at…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-11

…er of lanes than that authorised under the second paragraph of article L. 752-15 and article L. 752-16, a certificate is issued for the part of the project that has been completed. The provisions of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Technical provisions for reinsurance operations

Article R343-8

…acks and terrorism. The conditions for recording and declaring this provision are set out inarticle 16 A (I) and articles 16 B and 16 C of appendix 2 to the General Tax Code; b) Provision to offset an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-25

The collective agreement allowing the derogations provided for in articles L. 3123-20 and L. 3123-24 includes guarantees relating to the implementation, for part-time employees, of the rights granted…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-40

Production companies must:1° Have signed an audiovisual production contract with one or more authors or, where the work belongs to the animation genre, jointly with one or more literary authors and on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial police officers carrying out their duties in vehicles used for the collective transport of passengers

Article R15-29

As an exception to the provisions of 2° of Article R. 15-19 and 3° of Article R. 15-20, officers and agents of the judicial police belonging to the zonal or departmental border police directorates or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article R642-39

For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 642-20, the matter shall be referred to the official receiver by the public prosecutor, the liquidator or the debtor. Where the sale by mutual…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1233-19

The operation and resources of the social administration committee are governed by the provisions of article 81, I of article 83, articles 84 and 85, I of article 87, articles 88 and 89, the first fiv…

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