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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-44

…holder or shareholder shall inform the person mentioned in the information document provided for in III of article L. 214-35 as soon as it crosses the threshold of 10% of the units or shares of the un…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Initiation of compulsory enforcement proceedings

Article L722-1

…ch he or she is subject, the administrative authority may take the decisions provided for in Titles III and IV, necessary for the ex officio enforcement of removal orders, provided that actual removal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-21

Par application des dispositions du titre III du decree of 12 June 1956 laying down the general system of remuneration for civil servants or non-civil servants performing, as an ancillary occupation,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article R613-53

…website a general description of the agreement and of the participating group entities pursuant to III of Article L. 613-46-3.II. - By way of derogation from I, and in cases where the parent undertak…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article D6313-5

…is Article.II. - Book II shall apply to Saint-Martin under the following conditions:1° Titles I and III shall not apply to Saint-Martin;2° For the application of Article R. 4241-1, the economic, socia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-13

…ocal referendums, with the exception of Articles L. 88-1, L. 95 and L. 113-1 (1° to 5° of I, II and III). For the application of these provisions, the text should read: "political group, party or grou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2442-1

Chapters I and III of Title IV of Book I of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in this Chapter.Articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-6, L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-20-1

…samples relating to the traces and samples mentioned in 1°, 1° bis, 3° and 4° of I and 1° and 2° of III of Article R. 53-10 are sent, when the analysis has been carried out, to the central service for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-20

…e are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III, IV and V.II.-.For the application of Article L. 511-1-1 :1° In the second paragraph, the words:…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Stability of the financial system

Article L734-4

…cable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wor…

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