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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R783-3

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

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining agreements and collective labour agreements

Article D2622-3

For the application of article L. 23-112-1 in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the following number of seats is allocated: 1° For the Saint-Barthélemy regional inter-profes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-36

When an employee who holds rights to the special profit-sharing reserve leaves the company without exercising his rights to unlocking or before the company has been able to liquidate all the rights he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-35

The following costs are borne by the State: 1° Expenses relating to the prevention and health education initiatives mentioned in 1° of article L. 381-30-6 of the Social Security Code; 2° The construct…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R446-3

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals shall be exercised under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally and in compl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementation of financial penalties

Article R1435-37

I - On the basis of inspections carried out in application of the provisions of Article L. 1435-7, the results of audits or evidence of breaches of Articles L. 5472-1 and L. 5472-2, the Director Gener…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R835-3

For the application of this book to French Polynesia: 1° References to the Prefect are replaced by references to the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia; 2° In Article R. 810-1, the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-3

In the cases provided for in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of article L. 125-6, the insurance undertaking may only refer the matter to the Bureau central de tarification with a view to derogating fr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article R314-3

For all credit transactions other than those mentioned in article R. 314-2, the annual percentage rate of charge referred to in article L. 314-3 is calculated in arrears, expressed per hundred monetar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R424-3

The resources of the guarantee fund for risks relating to the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge are intended to cover: 1° Compensation paid to farmers and owners of agricultu…

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