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

Article R766-2

…provisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording res…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-38

…perating expenditure and relate to the management of the facilities referred to in articles L. 2511-16 et L. 2511-17.The amount of the sums earmarked for the arrondissements' local management and prom…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Household and other waste

Article L2573-30

…L. 2224-14, the first paragraph of article L. 2224-15 and the first paragraph of l'article L. 2224-16 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-135

…to Article L. 622-12 ;2° Reorganisation proceedings have been terminated pursuant to Article L. 631-16 ;3° Completion of the implementation of the safeguard or recovery plan has been recorded pursuant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Master plans, sector plans and regional plans for the organisation of missions

Article D711-43

…f the modification by CCI France of the intervention standards provided for in 2° of Article L. 711-16, if the sectoral plan does not comply with these new standards; 6° To take account of the agreeme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-2

In application of 11° of Article 4 of Decree no. 2009-707 of 16 June 2009 as amended relating to the decentralised departments of the Directorate-General of Public Finance and by derogation from Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-11

…ed for in 13°, 14° and 15° of article R. 5122-8 ; 3° the opinion issued in application ofarticle R. 163-4 of the Social Security Code by the Transparency Commission mentioned in article R. 163-15 of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

I. - (Repealed) II. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may ask the statutory auditors of persons whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market for any information on the persons th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

…he General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned in V of the same article.The communauté de communes may, in addition, collect, in respect of the competence of organising authority for the public distr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…endments thereto; 14° The annual accounts; 15° Authorised loans and maximum outstanding cash loans; 16 The granting of sureties, guarantees and other personal sureties; 17° The creation of sureties on…

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