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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R*592-1

The following provisions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R*593-1

The following provisions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L3311-1

The departmental budget is the act by which the department's annual revenue and expenditure are forecast and authorised. The departmental budget is drawn up in an operating section and an investment s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 850-2

For the application in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article 529-7, the words: "For second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-class road traffic offences, the list of w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formal notice prior to the official report.

Article L4721-6

The formal notice specifies the infringements found and sets a deadline by which the infringements must have ceased. This deadline is set taking into account the circumstances. It is based on the mini…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-3

The condition of seeking employment required to benefit from a replacement income is met if the persons concerned are registered as jobseekers and carry out, on their own initiative or at the suggesti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-1

Projects relating to the creation of any healthcare establishment, the creation, conversion and grouping of healthcare activities, including alternatives to hospitalisation, and the installation of he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-9

Personnel working in the Armed Forces Medical Corps may work in public health establishments under the conditions laid down in their statutes. An agreement is then drawn up between the Minister of Def…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
6. Adults subject to a legal protection measure

Article R1112-37

The property of adults under legal protection who are hospitalised in the establishment is administered under the conditions laid down by articles 436 and 498 of the Civil Code and by decree no. 2012-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L6212-2

The State representative directs the State services in Saint-Barthélemy, subject to the exceptions listed exhaustively by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. He alone is empowered to speak on behalf of the…

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