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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-4 (art. R122-6)

…al Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the past financial year. Option A Article 19 Subject to the powers granted by law to shareholders' meetings and within the limits of the corpo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-11

…n the breakdown of total income and expenses from operations by category (model A, "Categories 1 to 19"), under the sub-totals "A. - Underwriting balance" and "B. - Net acquisition and management expe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, terrorist financing, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article L774-42

I.-Pursuant to Article 7(8) of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the adaptation provisions set out in II, III and IV, the following shall apply ipso jure in French Polynesia: 1°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Sommaire

…s local public establishments and public health establishments (EPS) referred to in article D. 1617-19 of the General Local Authorities Code and D. 6145-54-3 of the Public Health Code. This term may a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R950-1

…7 Articles R. 123-40 and R. 123-41Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Article R. 123-42Decree No. 2019-987 of 25 September 2019 Articles R. 123-43 and R. 123-44Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-3

…tion that the product should be kept out of the reach of children;e) A health warning affixed twice;19° Selling, distributing or offering free of charge a vaping product containing nicotine if the uni…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article R774-39

I. - Pursuant to 8° of Article 7 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III and IV, the following shall apply ipso jure in French Polynesia: 1°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-16

…t a work permit as set out in article L. 8251-1 of the Labour Code, and pursuant to article L. 8271-19 of the same code, the labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 of the Labour Cod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Rubrique 0

…th acknowledgement of receipt. 04. Means of payment 041. Payment by bank transfer Where applicable (19), RIB. (19) The RIB must be produced if the bank details are not mentioned on the authentic suppo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…expense, a responsibility training course to prevent and combat domestic and gender-based violence; 19° Complete, where applicable at their own expense, a training course to combat sexism and raise aw…

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