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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Related agents

Article L775-29

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal status of acts taken by municipal authorities.

Article D2573-11

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title III of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-3

The provisions of Chapter V of Title I of Book I of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna, subject to the adaptations provided for in this Chapter and with the exception of articles R. 3115-16, R…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Staff representative bodies

Article R713-14

Where there is a central works council, the full and alternate members are elected, for each of the colleges, by all the full members of the works councils, on lists presented by the representative tr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…cated in a zone franche urbaine-territoire entrepreneur defined in B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 du 4 février 1995 d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement du territoire, as w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R612-20

I. - In application ofArticle L. 612-21, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution draws up and updates, in the form of an electronic register, the lists of the following persons: 1° The pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R1245-34

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for :1° Assigning the code defined in a of 2° of Article R. 1245-31 to the establishments it authorises pursuant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 A

…t exceed fifteen years and whose construction is completed after the date of publication of the loi n° 62-873 du 31 juillet 1962;3° Communications satellites;4° Buildings exclusively intended to host…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-1

The agreement providing for the collective termination of employment by mutual agreement determines : 1° The terms and conditions for informing the Social and Economic Committee, if one exists ; 2° Th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ic: Determination of the share of profits corresponding to rights held in a partnership, a co-ownership of a racehorse or stallion, an economic interest grouping, a public interest grouping or a European economic interest grouping

Article 238 bis K

I. - Where rights in a company or group referred to in Articles 8,8 quinquies, 239 quater, 239 quater B, 239 quater C or 239 quater D are included in the assets of a legal entity liable to corporation…

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