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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-13

For its application in Mayotte, article L. 1441-16 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1441-16 -The membership of employee candidates to a section other than that mentioned in articles L. 1441-14 and L. 1441-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-139

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the information that must appear in the reports provided for in articles L. 225-129, L. 225-135, L. 225-136 and L. 225-138, as well as in the reports pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-13

I. - The players in the healthcare system mentioned in I of article L. 6147-10 may sign the agreement mentioned in I of the same article with the army hospitals and the other elements of the army heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-13

The maximum number of such authorisations is set, each year and for each category of applicants mentioned in articles L. 4221-9, L. 4221-11 and L. 4221-12, by order of the Minister for Health.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-13

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 525-5 and L. 525-6, failure to comply with the prohibition imposed by article L. 525-3 is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 10: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5842-13

I. - The provisions of articles L. 5211-56 to L. 5211-58 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5211-56, the words: "t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-131

The capital must be fully paid up before any issue of new shares to be paid up in cash. In addition, a capital increase by public offering, carried out less than two years after the incorporation of a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 221-18, L. 221-21 and L. 221-23 to L. 221-27 governing the conditions for exercising the consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L744-13

I.-Subject to the adaptations in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Acts of municipal authorities and litigation

Article L2573-13

The articles L. 2132-1 to L. 2132-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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