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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…ority. He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions set out in article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-1

…he same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 321-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 321-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article R1424-51

Agents of local authorities and their public establishments may not perform the duties of a volunteer firefighter during duty time, except in the cases provided for by loi n° 96-370 du 3 mai 1996 rela…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6141-54

…of the hospital foundation in compliance with the provisions of amended law no. 87-571 of 23rd July 1987 on the development of sponsorship, article L. 6141-7-3 and this section. The directors of the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-110

…les professionnelles de mandataires judiciaires are governed by the provisions of Decree no. 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties and powers of the pharmacists responsible.

Article R5124-34

…e of the persons in charge of management;3° In wholesale distributors of blood-derived medicinal products, a member of their management;4° In the Agence nationale de santé publique, a member of the ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L781-1

…ent and of the Council of 4 July 2012, No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, No 600/201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article D*742-5

Article D.* 213-4 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by decree no. 2005-1006 of 2 August 2005.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment services

Article D752-15

Article D. 314-2 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-1314 of 31 August 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article D*752-25

Article D*. 351-4 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by decree no. 2005-1006 of 2 August 2005.

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