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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary sanctions

Article L341-17

…th the conditions laid down, depending on their nature or activities, in articles L. 612-39, L. 621-15 and L. 621-17.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° : Property damaged or unavailable outside France

Article 766

…icle shall apply to successions opened and not declared before the publication of law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article R432-11

…sidence permit commission within the time limits laid down in the first paragraph of article L. 432-15 by a letter specifying the date, time and place of the commission meeting and mentioning the righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval procedure

Article R519-56

…on will assess whether the association meets the conditions set out in Articles L. 519-11 to L. 519-15 and the provisions of this chapter. If it considers that the application is incomplete, the Autor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

…on property provided for in the articles 214-1 to 214-4, 221-1 à 221-6, 222-1 à 222-40, 223-1 à 223-15, 223-15-2, 224-1 à 224-4, 225-5 à 225-15, 225-17, 226-1 à 226-23, 227-1 à 227-27, 311-1 à 311-13,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°d: Buildings included in or erected near sites exposed to particular risks

Article 1383 G

…r in I of l'article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties, up to a maximum of 15% or 30%, buildings used for residential purposes completed prior to the implementation of a techn…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3 : Assignment of civil servants from the corps d'encadrement et d'application de la police nationale with the status of judicial police officer to the departments referred to in article 16 (4°)

Article A34

…ssigned to one of the departments or to one of the categories of departments defined in articles R. 15-18 to R. 15-26-1 and listed below:1° Services whose territorial jurisdiction covers the entire na…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1673 bis

The withholding tax payable under the provisions of Article 115 quinquies is declared and paid to the Treasury by the company no later than the fifteenth day of the fourth month following the end of t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Dismissal of a statement of appeal without a hearing

Article R743-16

…n article R. 743-14 or rejecting the statement of appeal in the case provided for in article R. 743-15 shall be handed down by the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate within forty-e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-20

…II of Parts Two and Three. The City of Paris is also subject to articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L. 5217-12-2 to L. 5217-12-5 as well as the list of compulsory expenditure for communes and d…

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