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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-2

…ay 2005 L. 131-71 with the exception of the 2nd sentence of the 3rd paragraph Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 131-72 Act no. 2010-737 of 1st July 2010 L. 131-73 Order no. 2016-1808 of 22 Decembe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…easure for orphans whose parents were victims of anti-Semitic persecution or decree no. 2004-751 of 27 July 2004 instituting financial aid in recognition of the suffering endured by orphans whose pare…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-10

…cil of 25 November 2009, Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 or Directive (EU) 2019/2034 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Nov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies A

I. Individuals who are members of a professional non-trading company may benefit from the provisions of Article 151 octies for net capital gains on contributions, on which they are personally taxable…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

I. - In the performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-11

I.-Prior to the opening of the health centre and, where applicable, one or more branches, the legal representative of the managing body of this centre shall submit to the director of the regional heal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater Y

…investments made in Saint-Martin, to compliance with Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies BA

1. From 1st January 2011, the business value added levy collected by the public inter-municipal cooperation establishments mentioned in II of article 1379-0 bis is equal to the share mentioned in 5° o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…1125-25 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1125-26 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1125-27 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1125-28 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1125-29 Ord…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis-0 A bis

…a real tax regime;2° The remittances relate to the financial securities mentioned in Article L. 211-27 or the items referred to in Article L. 211-34 of the Monetary and Financial Code and comply with…

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