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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation.

Article L1271-1

The chèque emploi-service universel is an employment voucher or a special payment voucher. A.-The employment voucher enables : 1° To declare the employees mentioned in 3° ofarticle L. 133-5-6 of the S…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: CONTENTIOUS PROCEEDINGS

Article L614-16

If the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory is annulled, the surveillance measures provided for in articles L. 721-6, L. 721-7, L. 731-1, L. 731-3, L. 741-1 and L. 743-13 are imme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2442-1

Chapters I and III of Title IV of Book I of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in this Chapter.Articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-6, L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-109

For offences within their jurisdiction, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors shall exercise, pursuant to Articles 4 and 13 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3361-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia to concession contracts entered into by the State or its public establishments, subject…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64-1

Hearings of persons held in police custody for a crime, carried out on the premises of a police or gendarmerie service or unit carrying out a judicial police mission, shall be subject to audiovisual r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3371-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia to concession contracts entered into by the State or its public establishments, subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L940-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the chapters below, the following provisions of this code shall apply in the territory of French Polynesia: 1° Book I, with the exception of articles L. 124-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-6

Home detention with electronic monitoring is decided by reasoned order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge, who rules after an adversarial hearing in accordance with Article 14…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE ASSIGNED RESIDENCE

Article L731-1

The administrative authority may place under house arrest a foreign national who cannot immediately leave French territory but whose removal remains a reasonable prospect, in the following cases:1° Th…

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