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Article Annexe 8-1

…ditor shall refer the matter to the Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes for an opinion.Article 20Risks related to mergers or acquisitions involving the person or entity whose accounts are certifi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2441-1

…Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decrees No. 2006-1661 of 22 December 2006, No. 2014-32 of 14 January 2014 and No. 2017-808 of 5 May 2017, with t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Legal regime

Article L5217-7

…l number of seats. The statutes of mixed syndicates existing on the date of promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-2

I. - From 2012, the aggregate tax potential of an inter-municipal grouping is determined by adding together the following amounts:1° The product determined by applying the average national tax rate fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

…the exception of Articles L. 131-1, L. 131-2, L. 132-5-2, L. 132-5-3, L. 132-9, L. 132-9-1, L. 132-20 to L. 132-22-1, L. 132-30 and L. 132-31, the specific provisions relating to insurance in the eve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 953

…89.If the applicant provides two passport photographs, as provided for in Article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 relating to passports, the cost of the document is €86.As an exception…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 1019

…n the transfer of control of the company holding the authorisation.The rate of the tax is set at:1° 20%, if the approval referred to in the first paragraph of this article occurs in the first five yea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Payment of business property tax and additional taxes

Article 1681 quater A

…month preceding that of the actual levy. If the amount of tax presumed by the taxpayer is more than 20% lower than the amount of tax levied, a surcharge of 5% is applied to the difference between half…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-2

…ter, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn thei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Preparations for the vote and voting (R)

Article R1112-6

…5,000 inhabitants; 19° The articles R. 61 and R. 62 relating to the electoral roll and its control; 20° Les articles R. 72 to R. 80 relating to proxy voting. For the application of article R. 41 of th…

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