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

Article L5217-10-11

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year just ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the vote…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L365-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L366-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless oth…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-10

Collective management organisations are not authorised to use the income mentioned in 1° of article L. 324-9 for any purpose other than its distribution to right holders. However, they may deduct cert…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L754-14

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 provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

Metropolises' compulsory expenditure includes in particular: 1° Office and printing costs for the department of the metropolis and the costs of conserving the archives of the metropolis and the compen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-19

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overdraft authorisation repayable within a period of more than one month and less t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-1-1

Without prejudice to the powers granted to officers or agents of the judicial police, to labour inspection officers and to mining police officers, the offences provided for in this chapter, those prov…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-14-1

When an undertaking is in liquidation following the withdrawal of authorisation under the provisions of Article L. 421-9, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide, where appropr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-1

Subject to France's international commitments or Book II, any foreign national aged over eighteen who wishes to stay in France for more than three months must hold one of the following residence docum…

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