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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L764-10

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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Business creators' share warrants

Article L212-17

Business creator share warrants may be allocated under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in article 163 bis G of the French General Tax Code.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-17

When the agents mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations

Article L7122-17

The deliberations of the assembly of French Guyana, as well as those of its standing committee when they are taken by delegation of the assembly, are published in the same forms. Any person has the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan and savings bonds

Article L743-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan and savings bonds

Article L742-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-13

In the event of liquidation carried out under the conditions provided for in Article L. 326-1, the following provisions shall apply: 1° If the financial situation of the company dissolved following th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Disputes concerning the election of the President of the Territorial Council and the other members of the Executive Council

Article LO6222-17

The election of the president of the territorial council and of the other members of the executive council may be challenged as invalid under the conditions, forms and time limits prescribed for compl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Disputes concerning the election of the President of the Territorial Council and the other members of the Executive Council

Article LO6322-17

The election of the president of the territorial council and of the other members of the executive council may be challenged as invalid under the conditions, forms and time limits prescribed for compl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Disputes concerning the election of the President of the Territorial Council and the other members of the Executive Council

Article LO6432-17

The election of the president of the territorial council and of the other members of the executive council may be challenged as invalid under the conditions, forms and time limits prescribed for compl…

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