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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 804

This Code is applicable, in its wording resulting from Law No. 2023-703 of 1 August 2023 relating to military programming for the years 2024 to 2030 and containing various provisions concerning defenc…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Air transport.

Article 80

1. The captain of the aircraft must present the manifest to customs officers at the first request. 2 He must submit this document, as a summary declaration, to the customs office at the airport, toget…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The opening of the vacancy.

Article 809

…he succession is vacant: 1° When no one appears to claim the succession and there is no known heir; 2° When all the known heirs have renounced the succession; 3° When, after the expiry of a period of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Closure of the investigation and referral to the oral hearing

Article 807

Investigative measures ordered by the court are carried out under the supervision of the pre-trial judge, subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 155. On completion of an investiga…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 808

The second paragraph of article 2-8 is worded as follows:"Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years at the date of the events and whose purpose, by virtue of its articles o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 805

For the application of this code in the overseas collectivities and New Caledonia:1° References to the department are replaced by references to the collectivity;2° References to the prefect and sub-pr…

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

Article 238 bis-0 I

…on its behalf an existing or future commitment, includes in its taxable income the results which derive from the management or disposal of these assets or of the property acquired in reinvestment.Thes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis HU

A decree sets out the terms of application of articles 238 bis HO à 238 bis HT, including reporting obligations.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 B bis

The tax credit for collaborative research defined in Article 244 quater B bis is deducted from the corporation tax due by the company, under the conditions set out in Article 199 ter B bis.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 80

…the time limit for lodging an appeal and, in the event of an appeal, until the Court of Appeal has given its decision.

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