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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-28

The public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located, after collecting, where app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-2

Article L. 611-1 is amended as follows: I.-In the first paragraph, the order of the representative of the State in the region is replaced by a decision of the Government of French Polynesia. "II.-In t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-20

When the legal situation of a company which has set up a company savings plan changes, in particular by merger, sale, takeover or demerger, the signatories of the agreement or, where the plan has not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-22

If, in application of a legal provision, an employee's working hours are counted on an annual basis, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an industry agreement may provide that leave…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-21

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention sets the period during which the continuous portion of at least twelve working days is allocated and the rules f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article L1415-2

The French National Cancer Institute is responsible for coordinating the fight against cancer. To this end, it carries out the following tasks in particular:1° Proposing, in co-ordination with researc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L785-2

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

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Financial provisions

Article L5842-29

Article L. 5216-8 is applicable in French Polynesia, subject to the following provisions: 1° In 1°, the words: "mentioned in I and V of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code" are replaced by the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special rules applicable throughout the customs territory to certain categories of goods.

Article 215

1. Those who hold or transport goods that are dangerous to public health, safety or morals, counterfeit goods, goods prohibited under international commitments or goods that are the subject of interna…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.

Article L933-2

The second paragraph of I and II of article L. 310-2 are deleted.

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