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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 568 bis

As an exception to Article 568, in the overseas departments, from 1 January 2019 only persons who are qualified traders and hold a licence granted on behalf of the department by the president of the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-1

…cation. All of these sums evolve in the same way as the overall operating allocation distributed.In 2023, the amount of the departments' overall operating allocation is equal to that distributed in 20…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3371-2

…ents, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L743-4

…t-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the exception…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L742-4

…hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the exception…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-16

…airman with the approval of the accounting officer under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies and by the accounting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to French Polynesia

Article D763-1

…he same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 411-2-1 and D. 411-4No. 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article D762-1

…he same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 411-2-1 and D. 411-4No. 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-23

Revenue and expenditure accounts may be set up at the Autorité des marchés financiers by decision of the Chairman, with the approval of the accounting officer, under the conditions laid down by Decree…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L352-1

…same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 321-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 321-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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