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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Electronic money

Article R752-16

Article R. 315-1 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article R773-16

Article R. 526-1 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article R774-16

Article R. 526-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 E

For the application of 1 of I of article 1636 B sexies to communes located on the territory of the Greater Paris metropolis that were members on 1 January 2015 of a public establishment for inter-comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-16

…upervision of the training provided to apprentices in companies to which decree no. 98-247 of 2 April 1998 relating to craft qualifications and the trades and crafts sector applies is carried out by t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Appointment of the interpreter or translator

Article D594-16

Where, pursuant to the provisions of this Code, an interpreter or translator is required or appointed by the competent judicial authority, he or she shall be chosen:1° From the national list of judici…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Entombment and closure of the coffin (R).

Article R2213-16

Only one body is admitted in each coffin. However, the interment in the same coffin of the bodies is authorised:1° Of several stillborn children of the same mother or children born alive and then dece…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Service life and disposal

Article R1333-161

I.-A sealed radioactive source is considered to have expired at the latest ten years after the date of the first registration on the supply form or, failing this, after the date on which it was first…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Swimming establishments and aquatic activities

Article D322-16

Each establishment draws up a surveillance and rescue organisation plan which sets out, depending on the configuration of the establishment mentioned in article D. 322-12: 1° The number of people resp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-16

Articles R. 611-2 to R. 611-5 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to the communication of pleadings and exhibits, the first paragraph of article R. 611-7 relating to the grounds raised ex o…

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