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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-3-3

…Communications Code, and by the service providers mentioned in 1 and 2 of I of Article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004for confidence in the digital economy is carried out under the conditions de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Powers of the State representative

Article L2573-22

…y of French Polynesia, under the conditions set out in Article 34 of the Organic Law of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. An agreement between the State and French Polynes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1077

All deeds, documents and papers whatsoever, to be provided for the execution of the law of 25 February 1914, amending the law of 29 June 1894 and creating an autonomous pension fund for miners, are ex…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-13

For its application in Mayotte, article L. 1441-16 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1441-16 -The membership of employee candidates to a section other than that mentioned in articles L. 1441-14 and L. 1441-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L. 2122-5-2 law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 L. 2122-6 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 2122-7 law no. 2007-128 of 31 January 2007 L. 2122-7-1 to L. 2122-8 Ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-64

…the civil party, in accordance with the provisions of this code and in particular Articles 707, 712-16, 712-16-1 et 712-16-2, 721-2 et 745. The provisions of this section apply without prejudice to th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-2

The award of financial aid for the writing, pre-production, production of immersive works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-10

The Autorité des marchés financiers is the competent authority, within the meaning of paragraph 18 of Article 2 and paragraph 6 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-7

The diplomas, degrees or certificates mentioned in article R. 512-10 and article R. 512-12 of this code are : 1° Diplomas and qualifications registered in the National Vocational Certification Registe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Financing small-scale fishing

Article 238 bis HR

…er consistent with their purpose, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article 1649 nonies A. The amount of this indemnity is excluded from deductible expenses for the purposes of…

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