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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-7

…cation of Law no. 2003-660 of 21 July 2003 on programmes for overseas France or Ordinance no. 2010-590 of 3 June 2010 on provisions relating to the civil status under local law applicable in Mayotte a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-42

…ts of judgements and settlements in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 66-136 of 4 March 1966 recover, under the same conditions as fines, the surcharge of 50% introduced for the benefit of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-59

…article L. 431-14 are defined in the first paragraph of article 1 of decree no. 62-235 of 1 March 1962 amended by article 1 of decree no. 76-879 of 21 September 1976, and for the departments of Bas-R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Fate of stored embryos

Article R2141-23-1

The couple or unmarried woman whose embryos are stored are consulted, in writing, each calendar year on whether they wish to continue this storage method under the conditions set out in Article L. 214…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 792-0 bis

…he application of a progressive rate and for the calculation of the allowances enacted by article 779.The duties on gratuitous transfers referred to in b and c of this 2 shall be paid and remitted to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-8

…ns are envisaged or have been carried out; 8° The specialist assistants referred to in Articles 628-9 and 706 of this code, for the sole purpose of carrying out the tasks entrusted to them. The 2° is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-8

In addition to the file defined in Article R. 2141-7, the centre authorised to store embryos with a view to their reception and to carry out this reception keeps the following information for each cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article L3542-1

…ceships on the date of the first meeting following the renewal of the General Council of Mayotte in 2011;2° Any expenditure related to the exercise of a competence transferred by the State from the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4

Preimplantation diagnosis is the biological diagnosis carried out using cells taken from the embryo in vitro. Preimplantation diagnosis is only authorised in exceptional cases under the following cond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-2

The couple or unmarried woman who wishes to offer their embryos for reception must give their written consent, in application of article L. 2141-5, after at least one interview with the multidisciplin…

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