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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article D743-8

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D744-8

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article D2573-51

I. - Article R. 2334-13, with the exception of its second paragraph, and the articles R. 2334-14 and R. 2334-17 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-5

…application for approval, accompanied by the information and documents listed in Annex I to Decree No. 2016-1139 of 22 August 2016, shall be sent by the head of the laboratory to the public establish…

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In force

Article Annexe II

Annex II: Relative to the information that must appear in the annual report provided for in article R. 2333-120-15 1° Name of the municipality, public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-3

I. - Pôle emploi provides the data subjects of the processing mentioned in I of Article D. 5422-4 with the information mentioned in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, as well as…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…ishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2681-1

…hments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 quinquies A

…p the consolidated balance sheet of the European System of Central Banks in accordance with Article 26 of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community on the Statute of the E…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-30

…e minister responsible for defence and before his representatives. The provisions of Article L. 623-26 are not applicable to applications for plant variety certificates exploited under the conditions…

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