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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article R774-39

I. - Pursuant to 8° of Article 7 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III and IV, the following shall apply ipso jure in French Polynesia: 1°…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-5

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions for airports

Article L5125-7

…e opening of an additional pharmacy may be authorised under the same conditions for each additional 20,000,000 passengers per year.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-7

For the application of article L. 1251-46, before the 20th of each month, the temporary employment agency sends Pôle emploi a statement of the assignment contracts concluded during the previous month(…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

…the exception of Articles L. 131-1, L. 131-2, L. 132-5-2, L. 132-5-3, L. 132-9, L. 132-9-1, L. 132-20 to L. 132-22-1, L. 132-30 and L. 132-31, the specific provisions relating to insurance in the eve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Fees for the issue of documents and miscellaneous levies

Article 953

…89.If the applicant provides two passport photographs, as provided for in Article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 relating to passports, the cost of the document is €86.As an exception…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 1019

…n the transfer of control of the company holding the authorisation.The rate of the tax is set at:1° 20%, if the approval referred to in the first paragraph of this article occurs in the first five yea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 quater A

…month preceding that of the actual levy. If the amount of tax presumed by the taxpayer is more than 20% lower than the amount of tax levied, a surcharge of 5% is applied to the difference between half…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-6

…5,000 inhabitants; 19° The articles R. 61 and R. 62 relating to the electoral roll and its control; 20° Les articles R. 72 to R. 80 relating to proxy voting. For the application of article R. 41 of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-10

…rofessional pursuant to the first sentence of the last paragraph of article L. 444-2 may not exceed 20% of the amount of the fee fixed for a service relating to an asset or a right with a value exceed…

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