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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality.

Article D2573-3

I. - Article D. 2112-1 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article D. 2112-1:1° After the words: "French Republ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-2

When the investigating judge is seised of qualified acts constituting one of the offences mentioned in I of Article 41-1-2, it may, at the request or with the agreement of the Public Prosecutor, issue…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-26

To exercise the powers provided for in 1° of I and IV of article L. 5219-5, operating and investment expenditure and revenue are tracked and individualised in a document entitled "état spécial territo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 H

I. - When located in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte or La Réunion, unbuilt properties classified in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 242 quater

The individuals mentioned in the last paragraph of 1 of I of article 117 quater and in the last paragraph of I of article 125 A formulate, under their responsibility, their request for exemption from…

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

Article D446-5

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R93-2

The remuneration and compensation of experts appointed under the procedures provided for in articles L. 3211-12 to L. 3211-12-6 L. 3213-3, L. 3213-8 and L. 3213-9-1 of the Public Health Code, which fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Removal from a living person.

Article L1231-1

I - The removal of organs from a living person who donates them may only be carried out in the direct therapeutic interest of a recipient. The donor must be the father or mother of the recipient.Notwi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L711-1

A trade mark for goods or services is a sign used to distinguish the goods or services of one natural or legal person from those of other natural or legal persons.This sign must be capable of being re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R711-1

The trade mark shall be represented in the national trade mark register in an appropriate form by means of commonly available technology, provided that it can be represented in that register in a clea…

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