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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 L592-2

…e application of the provisions of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° With the exception of articles L. 511-7, L. 512-2, L. 520-1, L. 521-3, L. 521-14, L. 531-26 to L. 531-28, L. 531-30, L. 561-3, L. 5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to banking service providers

Article L775-40

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 571-1 law no. 2009-526 of 12 May 2009 L. 571-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 571-3 order no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Food, advertising and promotion.

Article L2133-2

Photographs for commercial use of models, as defined inarticle L. 7123-2 of the French Employment Code, whose body appearance has been modified by image processing software in order to make the model'…

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

Article L3441-7

Departmental councils in overseas departments may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 précitée, pour la mise en œuvre des actions e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-1

…overned by the provisions applicable to the individual retirement savings plan mentioned in Article L. 224-28 of this code, with the exception of articles L. 224-3, L. 224-6, L. 224-7 and L. 224-8, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L773-26

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 Act no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L774-26

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L4523-7-1

In the absence of an agreement, the number of delegation hours provided for in article L. 2315-7, granted to staff representatives on the social and economic committee to carry out their duties, is in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-31

The first three paragraphs of Article L. 223-26 and Articles L. 223-27 to L. 223-30 do not apply to companies with only one member. In this case, the management report, the inventory and the annual ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-12

The closure of the judicial liquidation or the proceedings provided for in article L. 645-1 suspends the effects of the cheque-writing ban to which the debtor is subject under article 65-3 of the decr…

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