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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-10-1

…dist, ocularist, epithesist or orthopaedic orthotist:1° Practising professionals who, prior to publication of the orders provided for in Article D. 4364-7, hold diplomas, qualifications, certificates…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R652-1

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article R. 652-2, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L917-1-1

I.-The provisions relating to professional categories and sub-categories set out in Section 3 of Chapter III of Title I of Book VII do not apply. II.-The electors of the Chamber of Agriculture, Commer…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article R615-1

…le L. 615-1 is made up of: 1° A Conseiller d'Etat; 2° An active or honorary Conseiller à la Cour de Cassation; 3° Four people qualified in the legal field or in mediation; 4° Two representatives of na…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R354-1

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDING R. 341-1 to R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L754-14

…e shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Rules relating to non-marine damage insurance

Article A121-1-1

…ence premium referred to in article 2 of the appendix to article A. 121-1 may give rise to the application of an additional premium for insured persons with a driving licence less than three years old…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1136

Transactions carried out by the State and governed by Title III of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-17-1

…itory. The communes déléguées with a commune council pursuant to article L. 2113-12 may receive allocations from the new commune. The amount of the sums earmarked for the allocations of the communes d…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REGISTRATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article R521-1

…s, when a foreign national within French territory applies for asylum, the registration of his application is the responsibility of the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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