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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-9

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of this Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3211-2

The departmental council may delegate some of its powers to the standing committee, with the exception of those referred to in articles L. 3312-1 et L. 1612-12 to L. 1612-15. It may modify the list of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

I. - Sociétés de crédit foncier are specialised credit institutions whose exclusive purpose is to:1° To grant or acquire guaranteed loans, exposures to public entities and securities, deposits and exp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1

In life insurance and personal accident insurance, the sums insured are fixed by the contract.In the case of life insurance or capitalisation operations, the guaranteed capital or annuity may be expre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article L5422-1

I.-Employees who are fit for work and looking for work, who meet the conditions of age and previous activity, and whose : 1° Either the loss of employment is involuntary, or is treated as involuntary…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L252-9

The nullity of the European Economic Interest Grouping and of its acts or deliberations may result only from the infringement of the mandatory provisions of Regulation No 2137-85 of 25 July 1985 of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L444-2

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable loc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-16

I. - The person canvassed has a period of fourteen completed calendar days in which to exercise his right of withdrawal, without having to justify his decision or incur any penalties. The period durin…

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