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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R6147-120

…ional union of approved associations of users of the healthcare system mentioned in article R. 1114-19 of this code in whose area of jurisdiction the army hospital is located. II.-If the seat of a rep…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quinquies

The withholding taxes or levies provided for in articles 119 bis, 182 A bis, 182 B, 244 bis, 244 bis A and 244 bis B are not applicable to income and profits received or realised by a legal entity whi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-2

…of the decree mentioned in I of Article 3 of Order No. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017 or by 1 January 2019 at the latest, Article L. 1111-8 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 A

Interest, arrears and other income from bonds, debts, deposits and guarantees, royalties from the assignment or concession of operating licences, patents, trademarks, manufacturing processes or formul…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: EXPULSION

Article L631-3

Only in the case of behaviour likely to harm the fundamental interests of the State, or linked to activities of a terrorist nature, or constituting acts of explicit and deliberate incitement to discri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…ts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988 and revised at London on 14 October 2005, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 C

…the publication of legal claims mentioned in c of 4° of Article 28 of Decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 as amended reforming land registration, as well as the legal claims, reports and declarations r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 A

Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a general decision taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, exempt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-6

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 5: Investment service providers

Article L773-28

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

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