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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions applicable during periods of general mobilisation and wartime

Article L2573-11

The articles L. 2124-1 to L. 2124-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Local services

Article L2573-16

The articles L. 2144-1 and L. 2144-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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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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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5842-10

I. - The articles L. 5211-41 to L. 5211-41-3 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III and IV.II. - For the application of articles L. 5211-41, L. 5211-41-1…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L2192-15

The public undertakings defined in II ofArticle 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contrac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

The public undertakings defined in II of Article 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contra…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Transfers between insurance undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-1

Insurance undertakings and their branches mentioned in 1° of Article L. 310-2 as well as the French branches of insurance undertakings mentioned in 4° of the same Article may be authorised, under the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of paid work placements by the State or the region.

Article L6341-1

The State, the regions, the employers and the skills operators contribute to the financing of the remuneration of vocational training trainees. The institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 also cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-11-1

The delegation to a third party of the custody of the assets of the UCITS referred to in II of article L. 214-10-5 does not exonerate the depositary from its liability.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-1

The enforcement officers referred to in Article L. 8112-1 and the authorities responsible for coordinating their actions are empowered to provide each other with any information and documents required…

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