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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L652-3

…article L. 762-3.As a result, articles L. 614-1 to L. 614-18, with the exception of article L. 614-13, are not applicable to Saint-Barthélemy. However, the provisions of the first two paragraphs of a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L651-6

…article L. 761-9.As a result, articles L. 614-1 to L. 614-18, with the exception of article L. 614-13, are not applicable to Mayotte. However, the provisions of the first two paragraphs of article L.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L651-3

…article L. 761-3.As a result, articles L. 614-1 to L. 614-18, with the exception of article L. 614-13, are not applicable in Guadeloupe. However, the provisions of the first two paragraphs of article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L653-3

…article L. 763-3.As a result, articles L. 614-1 to L. 614-18, with the exception of article L. 614-13, are not applicable to Saint-Martin. However, the provisions of the first two paragraphs of artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-4-2

…inancial holding company which has applied for approval in accordance with the provisions of L. 517-13, whose subsidiaries, which are exclusively or mainly credit institutions or investment firms, are…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Internal organisation of approved professional associations

Article R513-18

If the association is also authorised underArticle L. 519-13 of the Monetary and Financial Code or III of Article L. 541-4 of the same code, it may be set up according to a federal model separating ea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-18

…here appropriate. The request is made in accordance with the conditions set out in articles R. 1142-13 to R. 1142-17 , without it being necessary to determine whether the damage for which the request…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Choice of treating doctor.

Article R3711-17

…icted prisoner. However, when the person has been convicted of a crime referred to inarticle 706-53-13 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the person must be summoned by the coordinating doctor in acco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5122-1

…146 may be used in advertising for the homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5121-13.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…ed by national or local public authorities.If filming is interrupted or postponed until 31 December 2020, aid will only be granted if filming is resumed by 31 January 2021 at the latest. If filming is…

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