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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-4-2

The rate of the contributions referred to in Article L. 421-4-1 is set by order of the Minister responsible for insurance within the following limits:1° For the contribution from policyholders, this r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-132

Transfers of finance leases (numbers 116 and 117 of Table 5) give rise to the levying of:1° In the case of a straightforward transfer, a fee proportional to the amount of the residual investment on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

I. - Title III of Book I of Part Five is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, as are Articles L. 5141-1 to L. 5141-3 , subject to the adaptations set out in II. Articles L. 5132-6 and L. 5132-7 shall appl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-5

…s to the president of the general council: 1° A statement indicating the forecast amount of the net bases of each of the four direct local taxes chargeable to the department, the net tax rates adopted…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

I. - The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

The revenues of the budget of the communauté de communes include:1° The tax resources mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-1

For the sub-category of services relating to the Trade and Companies Register mentioned in Table 2 of Article Appendix 4-7, the fee for each service: 1° Shall be claimed by the Registrar, when collect…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-77

…the diving master of the skills mentioned in Annexes III-14 a, III-17 a or III-18 a, in particular by presenting a certificate or diploma and, where appropriate, a logbook enabling the diver's experi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Overseas departments

Article 1649

…ouncil of State sets the date and conditions under which the provisions relating to property tax on built-up properties, property tax on non-built-up properties and council tax on secondary residences…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of works

Article D332-6

The production association contracts provided for inarticle 238 bis HG of the General Tax Code are filed with the public film and audiovisual register within fifteen days of their signature by the com…

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