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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R773-21

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R774-21

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the metropolitan authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the metropolitan authority in the form of benefit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-9

…siness of the company is continued during the observation period, subject to the provisions of articles L. 622-10 to L. 622-16.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-21

The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion may authorise the jury members mentioned in article R. 212-10-2 to use audiovisual means of communication in application of the provisions of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-9

In the event of a project to create a new commune resulting from the merger of all the member communes of one or more public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9

I. - Portfolio management companies are legal entities which manage one or more : 1° UCITS ; 2° FIA ; 3° UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the Europ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-21

When the application for a residence permit is made pursuant to article L. 431-2, the residence permit is issued by the prefect of the département in which the foreign national is domiciled within the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-21

When it decides on the automatic transfer of a portfolio of insurance contracts concluded in the territory of one or more Member States of the European Economic Area, pursuant to Article L. 311-31, Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-9

The territorial authority shall forward to the representative of the State in the department or, where applicable, to his delegate in the arrondissement, or to the representative of the State in the r…

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