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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Industrial and commercial public services.

Article D2573-22

…24-21 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IX. II. - For the application of article R. 2224-11, the words: "in articles R. 2224-12 to R.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1418

…nge in the information provided since the last declaration are exempt from making this declaration. II. II-This declaration is submitted electronically by owners whose main residence is equipped with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-45

…he Government Commissioner is the addressee of complaints concerning the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 as well as articles L. 321-24 and L. 321-28-1 and the persons authorised to d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to the clinical selection of deceased donors

Article R1241-19-3

All the information collected during the clinical selection of donors in application of II, III and V of article R. 1211-13 is recorded in a document, the purpose of which is to detect any antecedents…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-38

…er the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2 and by the first paragraph of II of Article L. 812-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

…nt must be ordered unless it is impossible to implement in view of the requirements of Article 707. II.-When a convicted offender serving one or more custodial sentences of a total duration of less th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-5

…3213-1 are still met and in accordance with the procedures provided for, respectively, in chapters II or III of this title.In this case, a care programme is drawn up in accordance with article L. 321…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Payment transactions and transfers of funds in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L722-1

…ench Polynesia or the Wallis and Futuna Islands, and the other in one of the other two territories. II - The rules applicable to credit transfers and direct debits denominated in euros referred to in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1-1

…n to professional investors, covered by sub-section 3 of section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of the Monetary and Financial Code, subject to conditions relating in particular to the financial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article D774-40

…cle 7(8) of Organic Law No 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, Articles D. 561-4-1 to D. 561-54 are applicable by operation of law in French Polynesia.II. - Fo…

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