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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 8: Automated processing of personal data called "Application de gestion du dispositif national d'accueil des demandeurs d'asile" (Application for managing the national reception system for asylum seekers)

Article R142-51

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration is authorised to implement, on the basis of Article L. 142-4, automated processing of personal data called "Application de gestion du dispositi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-46

The requisition addressed to the Minister for Agriculture by the Minister for Defence for the purposes of extending the prohibitions on disclosure and free exploitation of a variety, which is the subj…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-25

The deliberations of the members are subject to the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978. The General Meeting may only validly deliberate if at least three quarters of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-63

The involvement of several notaries in the drafting or receipt of a deed does not increase the emolument, unless the deed is remunerated according to the number of hours spent. The division of emolume…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R930-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of the Code are applicable in New Caledonia:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R.…

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

Article R251

I. - With the exception of articles R. 15-29 to R. 15-33-23, R. 15-33-43 and R. 15-33-59, R. 48-1, the I of article R. 49-8-3, articles R. 49-8-5 to R. 49-19, R. 53-51 to R. 53-56, R. 63, R. 64, R. 93…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions applicable to certain private not-for-profit establishments

Article R6161-43

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of articles L. 6143-3, L. 6143-4 with the exception of 1°, 2°, eighth paragraph, 3°, tenth paragraph and last paragraph, L. 6145-1, D. 6143-39 with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Expenses assimilated to those of criminal trials

Article R214

The costs listed in Article R. 93 are advanced by the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of this Title: they are taxed and liquidated according to the tariff and rules of each competent court.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-2

The information sent pursuant to Article L. 1341-1 to the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance and to the body mentioned in Article L. 4411-4 of the Labour Code, at their request, includes :1° The e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R784-18

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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