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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 87 A

The declarations referred to in Articles 87 and 87-0 A are transmitted monthly in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article L. 133-5-3 or in Article L. 133-5-8of the Social Security Code…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-160

Compensation settlements in the event of expropriation for reasons of public utility (numbers 161 to 163 of table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° Before expropriation is pronou…

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

Article R319

Article R. 116 shall read as follows: "Art. R. 116.-It shall be allocated to each expert appointed in accordance with the laws and regulations on the repression of fraud in commercial matters, for the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4b: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 125 A

I.-Individuals domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of l'article 4 B who benefit from interest, arrears and income of any kind from state funds, bonds, participating securities, bil…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-17 c (art. A322-91)

Exploration conditions for nitrox diving in the natural environmentSPACESSUPERVISED DIVINGSCUBA DIVINGMinimum skillsof supervised diversMaximum numberof the group(not including the person supervisingt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-6

I. - The provisions of Chapter I, Title II, Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below are applicable in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the righ…

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

Article 216

I.-The net income from holdings, giving entitlement to the application of the parent company regime and referred to in article 145, received during a financial year by a parent company, may be deducte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-161

Releases (numbers 164 to 166 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° In the case of a pure and simple release or in the cases provided for in articles 1346 and 1346-2 of the C…

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

Article A444-65

Transfers of successive rights (numbers 11 and 12 of table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° According to the following scale, in the case of the transfer of successive rights en…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 170

…n liable to that tax is required to complete and send to the administration a detailed declaration of their income and profits, their family expenses and the other elements necessary for calculating i…

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