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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R441-7

…t-Miquelon, the words: "under Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Local investment support grant

Article R2334-39

…ntributes to the financing of investment projects, the provisions of articles R. 2334-22 to R. 2334-26, the second paragraph of article R. 2334-27 as well as articles R. 2334-28 to R. 2334-31 are appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article R621-30-1

…ment firm managers authorised to hold an additional mandate, in accordance with II ofArticle L. 533-26.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-16

…the approval of the accounting officer under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies and by the accounting and financia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-8

In the event of an emergency, devices are available to cut off the power supply to circuits or groups of circuits in the event of an unexpected danger of electric shock, fire or explosion.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-14

In the event of total or partial decommissioning of the assets made available, the State or, as the case may be, the départements shall recover all their rights and obligations over the decommissioned…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352

…the previous paragraph, on expiry of the four-month period provided for by Decree no. 2001-908 of 3 October 2001 implementing the second paragraph of Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) no. 2913/…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-9

…ropean Community has moved, contrary to Article 7 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001, the public prosecutor of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorities or persons contributing to judicial supervision

Article R16

…under the conditions and according to the rules of competence and procedure defined by articles R. 15-35 to R. 15-40.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and evidence of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies

Article Annexe à l'article A112

…ility cover operates over time.It concerns policies taken out or renewed afterarticle 80 of law no. 2003-706 came into force on 3 November 2003. Contracts taken out prior to this date are subject to s…

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