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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R366-4

…st instance who shall without delay forward the file to the clerk's office of the court of appeal. "20° In article R. 342-15, the second sentence is deleted; 21° In article R. 342-17, the second parag…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R364-4

…st instance who shall without delay forward the case file to the registry of the court of appeal. ";20° The second sentence of article R. 342-15 is deleted;21° In article R. 342-17, the second paragra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R365-4

…st instance who shall without delay forward the file to the clerk's office of the court of appeal. "20° The second sentence of Article R. 342-15 is deleted; 21° In article R. 342-17, the second paragr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies A

…s and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, between the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003 de programme pour l'outre-mer and 31 December 2017 for the investments m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-3

…ity for a given instrument by application of the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/570 of 26 May 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Cou…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

I. - Taxpayers who, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, create activities in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in the B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

…he activity of safekeeping and administration of securities mentioned in 12 of Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 relating to the taking up a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L330-1

…ities depositories authorised or recognised pursuant to Articles 16 or 25 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlemen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…f Article 4 B who carry out reconstruction, extension, repair or improvement work between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2012. This tax reduction applies: a) To expenditure relating to a dwelling, for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-26

…public interest entity, the other information provided for in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014. 04. The report on the consolidated accounts shall be separate from the report on the annual ac…

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