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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 L285-1

…isions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or their automatic applicability is mentioned in the table…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20-1

When they do not have the status of judicial police officer pursuant to article 16-1 A, active or retired national police officers and national gendarmerie military personnel who had the status of jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

…ata is to be kept, the procedures for authorising the persons mentioned in 1° and 3° of Article 230-16 as well as, where applicable, the conditions under which interested parties may exercise their ri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-8

…fice. This judicial administrator remains subject to the provisions of articles L. 811-10 to L. 811-16, L. 814-1-1 et L. 814-5.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2123-12

…resentatives' right to training, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 2123-12 to L. 2123-16 and by 3° of article L. 2321-2, may only take place if the body providing the training course or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-13

…L. 751-9. The certificate of compliance is accompanied by the table referred to in articles R. 752-16 and R. 752-38. It is not compulsory to send the appendices..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R5211-38

…ases provided for by IV of Article L. 5210-1-1 and by Articles 60 and 61 of the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, decisions are taken by an absolute majo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Exemptions

Article D3335-18

Any establishment mentioned in article D. 3335-16 which opens a public house without the mayor's authorisation or without complying with the conditions set by the temporary dispensation is subject to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article D6325-19

…aid hours taken into account for the calculation of the exemptions provided for in articles L. 6325-16 and L. 6325-17 is equal to the product of the working hours that the employee would have worked i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-27

…has been identified; or 3° Without having complied with the conditions laid down in Articles L. 313-16 to L. 313-18, applicable to the assessment of a borrower's creditworthiness. L. 313-16 to L. 313-…

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