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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 L653-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherw…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Simplified tax regimes

Article 302 septies A ter A

1. Sole traders and companies referred to in Article 239 quater A subject to the regime defined in article 302 septies A bis may keep super-simplified accounts. These accounts only record details of r…

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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 General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Simplified tax regimes

Article 302 septies A ter B

The provisions of article 302 septies A bis are not applicable to natural or legal persons or to legal or de facto groupings of persons who carry out an occult activity within the meaning of the secon…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-4

I.-For agricultural products or food products comprising one or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-25

Self-employed workers who were self-employed in their last activity, who meet the conditions of resources, previous length of activity and previous income from activity and ... are entitled to the all…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-1

I.-The provisions of Articles L. 621-1 and L. 621-2 as well as those of Article L. 622-6 relating to the obligations incumbent on the debtor are applicable to the judicial liquidation proceedings.Wher…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L956-4

For the application of articles L. 621-4, L. 621-10, L. 622-19, L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-1, L. 641-8, L. 641-14, L. 661-5 and L. 662-4, the institutions m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence

Article R60-1

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