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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 R340

Article R. 190 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 190.-A premium of 2.52 euros (300 F CFP) is allocated to the persons mentioned in article R. 188, for the execution of warrants to bring witnesses or meas…

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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 R343

Article R. 193 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 193.-A fee of 2.06 euros (250 F CFP) shall be paid to bailiffs for affixing each of the three extracts of the judgment of conviction in absentia that must…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article L424-3

I.-Articles L. 232-18-7, L. 232-18-9 to L. 232-20 and L. 232-20-2 are applicable in French Polynesia. II.For the application of I: 1° In article L. 232-18-7: a) The words: "tribunal judiciaire" are re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article A421-12

The amount of the contribution to the guarantee fund, provided for in I of article L. 421-10-1, is determined in accordance with the following formula, for an accounting year i :CFi = max [0; T% x (Mi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-5

The commission's decisions may be contested under the conditions set out in IV of article L. 18, I of article L. 20, I and II of article R. 17 and articles R. 18 to R. 19-6 of the Electoral Code.The a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Work placement periods.

Article L5135-2

…to anyone receiving personalised social or vocational support, provided they are prescribed by one of the following organisations: 1° The institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 ; 2° The bodies men…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 G

Theatrical performances of a pornographic nature indicated in 2° of Article 279 bis may under no circumstances benefit from the exemptions from value added tax provided for by the legislative provisio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1382 I

I.-Locations and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in article 1639 A bis, partially or fully exe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-144

…s well as other loans in the subsidised sector (number 138 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to the following scale:Tranches of base Applicable rate 0 to €6,500…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Acts

Article A444-163-5

The ownership certificate issued following the automatic dissolution of a non-trading property company that has not been registered and which results in undivided ownership between the former partners…

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