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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection

Article L762-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L764-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-6

Before the expiry of the period set for the experiment and in the light of its evaluation, the law shall determine, where appropriate:- the conditions for extending or modifying the experimentation fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 591

Rulings by the investigating chamber and final rulings and judgments handed down by the trial courts, when they are in the form prescribed by law, may only be quashed for breach of the law..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L811-5

…fication measures provided for in Chapter V of Title II of Book VI of this Code, in Title VI of the loi n° 85-98 du 25 janvier 1985 relative au redressement et à la liquidation judiciaires des entrepr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-8

The rights granted by the loi du 14 juillet 1866 sur les droits des héritiers et des ayants cause des auteurs aux héritiers et autres ayants cause des auteurs, compositeurs ou artistes sont prorogues…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies E

…ildings intended for the purification of industrial water, in accordance with the provisions of the loi n° 64-1245 du 16 décembre 1964 as amended, may, upon completion of these buildings, take excepti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-3

…nicipality may entrust responsibility for creating or managing it to an association governed by the loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d'association or to any other person; it may also grant…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-30

…ven under the conditions provided for the transfer of shares by l'article 19, premier alinéa, de la loi du 29 novembre 1966. If the consent to the preferential allotment provided for in the second par…

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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 L835-1

…plicableIn their wording resulting fromIn Title IL. 810-1 to L. 812-2L. 813-1 to L. 813-4L. 813-5La loi n° 2023-22 du 24 janvier 2023 d'orientation et de programmation du ministère de l'intérieurL. 81…

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