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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L442-1

…resulting fromIn Title IL. 410-1L. 411-1 to L. 411-5L. 412-1 to L. 412-4L. 412-5 and L. 412-6La loi n° 2021-1109 du 24 août 2021 confortant le respect des principes de la RépubliqueL. 413-1 à L. 413-7…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5841-1

…at of the syndicate" are replaced by the words: "haut-commissaire de la République"; 2° The words: "du ou des représentants de l'Etat" are replaced by the words: "du haut-commissaire de la République"…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-2

…ead office of the regional company of statutory auditors in their place of residence, between 1 and 30 June. Holders of a diploma obtained in a foreign State, referred to in the first paragraph of art…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-13

…articles 231-27 and 231-28 for the cl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…than 20 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017; b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-25

…enance, together with a demonstration that the design allows exposure to ionising radiation to be reduced to as low a level as reasonably achievable.Furthermore, in the case of medical devices emittin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

On the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 142…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-26

…231-27, or awarded pursuant to Articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

…sing pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1-1

…of 8 January 1965, no. 86-594 of 14 March 1986, no. 89-78 of 7 February 1989, the amended decree of 30 July 1974 and the amended decree of 25 April 1977, are deemed to comply with the technical requir…

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