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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-1

Title I of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system, sub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Implementation in the industry.

Article L3322-9

Any company may apply a participation scheme concluded at branch level, provided that the branch agreement has been approved pursuant to article L. 3345-4. Undertakings wishing to apply the approved b…

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

Article L766-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° The words: ", the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation," are deleted; 2° In Ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L351-7

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 351-8, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues aux articles L. 252-2 et L. 252-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-1

…the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the French sub-account, within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall not grant authorisation to the branch of the applicant third-country undertaking unless the third-country undertaking to which the branch…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-5

The provisions of articles L. 3134-3 and L. 3134-4 do not apply: 1° To work which, in the case of serious necessity or in the public interest, must be carried out immediately ; 2° For a Sunday, to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The President of the Assembly of French Guyana and the Standing Committee

Article L7123-12

I. - Unless the Assembly of French Guiana objects under the conditions set out in article L. 7123-6, the standing committee deliberates on:1° Authorise procedures for works, supply and service contrac…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-1

The undertakings referred to in 4° of I of Article L. 310-2 may not carry on the operations referred to in Article L. 310-1 in the territory of the French Republic unless they have obtained administra…

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