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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R733-7

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-7

No interception may take place on the line of a member of parliament or senator without the president of the assembly to which he or she belongs being informed by the investigating judge. No intercept…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: The family council

Article 1234-7

…eir interests, the minor or protected adult may attend the council meeting, but only in an advisory capacity.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-78

The receipt or closure of a guardianship account, by separate deed (number 34 in table 5) gives rise, provided that the deed does not contain an agreement entitling the parties to proportional fees, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-76

…emption of a life annuity on real estate, gives rise to the collection of a fee proportional to the capital formed by twenty times the perpetual annuity and ten times the life annuity, according to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-73

…has given rise in the firm to a proportional fee;2° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, in cases other than that provided for in 1°:Tranches of assessment Applicable rate 0 to €6,500…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-77

…of a fee proportional to the highest chapter in revenue or expenditure, according to the following scale:Bases of assessment Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 2.580% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.064% From €17,0…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-70

The surviving spouse's option to acquire or allocate the predeceased's own property or to take joint property (number 24 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-74

The declaration of employment by separate deed (number 29 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of the proportional fee provided for in 2° of article A. 444-73.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-75

…umbers 30 and 31 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee:a) Either to the capital formed by ten times the annual benefit, if the alimony or annuity is established under artic…

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