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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-23

…fy the taxpayer of a notice of assessment mentioning the amount of duties and increases due in application of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25

…e absence of a member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee mandated in application of article L. 2232-24, the full members of the staff delegation of the social and economic co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-8

…2-8. This article applies to AIF management companies and AIFs: 1° Relevant to II of article L. 214-24, excluding those mentioned in its last paragraph, and excluding AIFs relevant to I of article L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on insurance policies

Article 1001

…ies living with them on the farm and of their staff and insurance of risks, by their nature, specifically agricultural or related ;A 24% for fire insurance taken out with departmental funds;A 30% for…

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

Article L656-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless…

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

Article L655-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-23

…vided for in article R. 1334-27 and the visual examination provided for in article R. 1334-29-3 are carried out by persons who meet the conditions laid down in article L. 271-6 of the Code de la Const…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 44-1

…rovisions of this article apply to contraventions of the same nature that the agents of the city of Paris responsible for a police service and the Paris surveillance agents are empowered to record by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1650 B

…l values is set up, comprising two representatives of the tax authorities, ten representatives of local authorities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-17

…to replace him with one of its members, it may appoint, subject to the provisions of Article L. 225-24, an additional director who is appointed to the role of Chairman.

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