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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-15

The articles L. 5212-6, L. 5212-7 and L. 5212-8 are applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-6

…subsection and the regulations made for their application:1° The agents mentioned in Article L. 243-7 of the Social Security Code; 2° Labour inspectors and labour inspectors and equivalent inspection…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-13

…n of the contract. The contract shall be accompanied by the standard withdrawal form referred to in 7° of the same article. Where applicable, the trader shall provide the consumer, under the same cond…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-3

…ntly entrusts the property to a third party in the cases mentioned in a, b and c of article L. 1615-7.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-19

…granted after an opinion from the Conseil d'Etat on a reasoned report from the competent minister; 7° A foreign national who has obtained refugee status pursuant to the loi n° 52-893 du 25 juillet 19…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-3-1

When deferring the sentence for the purposes of personality investigations pursuant to Article 132-70-1 of the Criminal Code, the court may also place or maintain the convicted person under judicial s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-6

…odian, pursuant to article L. 231-3, I and III of article L. 231-4, or articles L. 231-5 and L. 231-7, automatically entails the termination of their duties and their inability to perform said duties.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-14

…with benefits of the same nature provided for by contractual or conventional provisions in force on 7 January 1981 and intended to compensate for the loss of employment resulting from the accident at…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L621-1

…s of another State, if he or she is in one of the cases provided for in Articles L. 621-2 to L. 621-7.The foreign national is informed of this surrender by a written, reasoned decision taken by an adm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Standards and control

Article L4022-8

…thod for drawing up the periodic certification reference frameworks provided for in article L. 4022-7.II.- After obtaining the opinion of the competent national professional council, the Minister for…

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