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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-2

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R6153-93

Army hospital interns in training are called "junior doctors" when completing phase 3, known as the consolidation phase, mentioned in article R. 632-20 of the Education Code, and "interns" when comple…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1343-2

Failure by a manufacturer, importer or downstream user of any substance or mixture to comply with the obligations laid down in ... is punishable by three months' imprisonment and a fine of €20,000: 1°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-75

In the event of force majeure resulting from adverse weather conditions or epizootic diseases of an exceptional nature, a decree issued on the report of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and th…

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

Article 722-23

The amount of aid is capped at :1° 50% of expenditure relating to the design, creation and overhaul or substantial development of a website dedicated to international sales, up to a limit of €30,000 p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7124-8

The members of the council receive, for the actual performance of their duties, an allowance set by the Assembly of French Guiana within the limit of a monthly ceiling determined by reference to the m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7226-8

The members of the council receive, for the actual performance of their duties, an allowance set by the Martinique Assembly within the limit of a monthly ceiling determined by reference to the maximum…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Electorate.

Article R723-3

No later than 15 July each year, the commission shall draw up the electoral list to be used in the election provided for in Article L. 723-11. This list is immediately posted at the commercial court r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable in municipalities with a state police force

Article R2214-2

The State police system may be established in a commune or in a group of communes forming an urban area when the following two conditions are met:1° The population of the commune or group of communes,…

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