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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article D153-3

…rovisions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the table below.Article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article D156-4

…ovisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the table below.Article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R*596-1

…ovisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the table below.Article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R*593-1

…rovisions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the table below.Article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-12

For the adoption of the amending resolutions provided for in 4° of article R. 121-9 and those relating to building leases provided for in 9° of the same article, recourse to a procedure for consulting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-33

…the independence and objectivity of the person referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 822-9 ; c) Procedures to ensure the control and protection of its information processing systems; d) Mec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-2

…irectly or through the intermediary of a portfolio management company referred to in Article L. 532-9 of the same code, with the exception of those which exclusively manage FIAs covered by I of articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Local investment funds

Article L214-31

…small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-2

…om Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 relating to the legislative part of the Consumer Code L. 711-9 Resulting from the loi n° 2022-172 du 14 février 2022 en faveur de l'activité professionnelle indé…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-22

…236-10 need not be drawn up, nor, where applicable, the report referred to in I of Article L. 236-9. Where the new companies are joint-stock companies, the report referred to in I of Article L. 236-…

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