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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requisitioning and seizures

Article D15-5-1-1

The operations provided for by articles 55-1 and 706-56 may be carried out, on the instructions of a judicial police officer, by a judicial police officer, or by a specialised agent, technician or eng…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-14

In order to implement an employee's entitlement to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-6, a company collective agreement or agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or agreement shall deter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-1

The following are authorised to investigate and record breaches of the provisions of Chapter I of Title III of Book I of Part Five, and of the regulatory measures adopted for the application of these…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-1

The competent administrative authority may, on the basis of a report by the labour inspector referred to in Article L. 8112-1, and subject to the absence of criminal proceedings, either issue a warnin…

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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 L655-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Therapeutic injunction by the investigating judge, the juvenile judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article L3424-1

Persons charged with offences under articles L. 3421-1 and L. 3425-2 may be notified, by order of the investigating judge, the juvenile judge or the liberty and custody judge, of a therapeutic injunct…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article L6242-1

I.-An additional apprenticeship contribution is payable annually by companies with at least two hundred and fifty employees who are liable for the apprenticeship tax in application of article L. 6241-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Admission

Article L552-11

Without prejudice to article L. 345-2-2 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, in the event of refusal or abandonment of the accommodation offered in application of this chapter, the asylum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-10

The expenditure provided for in article D. 2321-8, whether financed from own resources or by borrowing, include under investments: 1° For establishments existing on 19 September 1971 or those under co…

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