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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 382

The criminal court of the place where the offence was committed, the place where the accused resides or the place where the accused was arrested or detained, even when this arrest or detention was car…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-3

The national police officers referred to in 3° of Article 16 may only be authorised to effectively exercise the powers attached to their status as judicial police officers when they are assigned to a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants

Article L1874-3

The article L. 1617-5, in its wording prior to Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 on the rectifying finances for 2017,is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the following adap…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-31

The provisions of articles R. 2431-16 to R. 2431-18 apply to infrastructure works.

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Disposal of goods confiscated or abandoned by transaction.

Article 390

1. Confiscated or abandoned items are disposed of or destroyed by the customs department in accordance with the conditions laid down by order of the Minister of the Economy and Finance when the confis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-3

…ompensated by applying, for 2009, to the amount of these losses a rate corresponding to the difference between the total amount paid in 2008 for all the compensation mentioned in I to X of article 48…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Local authority property

Article L2573-33

The articles L. 2241-1, L. 2241-3, L. 2241-4, the first paragraph of Article L. 2241-5 and Article L. 2241-6 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4321-32-2

…r a European professional card, including the conditions under which missing documents must be produced and the translation requirements; 2° The conditions and procedures for submitting, transmitting,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: The National Register of Companies

Article R123-323

…s of trades governed by articles 103 et seq. of the local professional code of 26 July 1900 for Alsace and Moselle and the reference to the title of master craftsman provided for by the article 3 du d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-35-2

…s illness, accident or disability. The duration of this leave is treated as a period of actual service and cannot be deducted from annual leave.

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