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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: OBLIGATION TO LEAVE FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L611-3

…disease from a French organisation and whose permanent incapacity rate is equal to or greater than 20%; 9° Foreign nationals ordinarily resident in France if their state of health requires medical ca…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D324-6-1

The bodies referred to in 2° of article L. 324-1 are those which, on 22 July 2009, held: 1° Either approval issued by the representative of the State in the département, in accordance with the provisi…

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

Article A132-4-3

…y information document or the specific information document provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and Commission Delegated Regu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article R624-17

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 622-20, the mandataire judiciaire shall give formal notice to the defaulting member or shareholder by registered letter with acknowledgement o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Effects on French nationality of transfers of sovereignty relating to certain territories

Article 32-5

The declaration of reinstatement provided for in the preceding article may be made by the persons concerned, in accordance with the provisions of articles 26 et seq. as soon as they have reached the a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 611-19

…selective grants awarded pursuant to article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 612-19

…selective grants awarded pursuant to article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-113-3

…l;2° Expenditure relating to the function allowances provided for in articles L. 7125-17 to L. 7125-20 and to the training costs mentioned in article L. 7125-14 as well as contributions to the fund se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

…urces whose contract or document intended for public information provided for in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 or any equivalent document required for admission to foreign regulated mar…

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