Chapter I: General provisions

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. 93-3 and R. 95, this Code (Decrees in the Council of State) is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2023-747 of 9 August 2023…

I. – For the application of this Code in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the terms listed below are replaced as follows: 1° “département” by “collectivité d’outre-mer” or “Nouvelle-Calédonie”; 2° “préfet” and “sous-préfet” by “représentant de l’Etat”; 3° “Banque de France” by “Institut d’émission d’outre-mer” ; 4° “tribunal judiciaire” by “tribunal de première instance” or, where applicable, by the terms “section détachée du tribunal de…

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, pecuniary penalties incurred pursuant to this Code are pronounced in local currency, taking into account the equivalent value of the euro in that currency. .

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the tariff of legal costs provided for in this code in euros is converted into the local currency taking into account the equivalent value of the euro in that currency.