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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-23

…a decision on equivalence in accordance with Article 379 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. That decision may not contradict a decision previously taken in respect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…I of Book I of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…s R. 123-220, R. 123-220-1, R. 123-221, R. 123-222, R. 123-222-1, R. 123-222-2, R. 123-223, R. 123-231, R. 123-232, R. 123-232-1, R. 123-233, R. 123-234, R. 123-234-1 and R. 123-234-2 are applicable i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…R. 121-6 and R. 123-55 are applicable as they stand on the day following the publication of Decree no. 2008-1488 of 30 December 2008. Articles R. 123-220, R. 123-222, R. 123-232 and R. 123-234-1 are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable in the event of transfer, termination or death

Article 202 quater

…any mentioned in articles 8 and 8 ter or a société d'exercice libéral mentioned in article 2 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal profess…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-11

…party to the aforementioned convention; 3° War crimes and offences defined in articles 461-1 to 461-31 of the same code, if the acts are punishable under the law of the State where they were committed…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Appeals against decisions by the Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority

Article R331-44

…the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique mentioned in articles R. 331-36 to R. 331-38 and R. 331-41 are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Rules specific to the 1970-1974 five-yearly review

Article 1515

…se communes are classified as mountain areas and, by option of the general council exercised before 31 January 1974, in other departments.(1) The departmental consultative commission had been set up w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article L2334-36

…to the department for the current financial year, during the first half of the calendar year.Before 31 July of the current financial year, the list of operations that have received a grant as well as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Tax fraud, combating money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L772-10

…mentioned in Article L. 712-10. III.For application in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in Article L. 561-31-2 : 1° In the second paragraph of I, the words: "the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph…

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