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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 849

Parties who draw up a private deed subject to registration within a specified period must draw up a duplicate copy bearing the same signatures as the deed itself, which remains deposited with the tax…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 828

…e with the object defined in article 1655 ter increase their capital, extend their duration or make to their members, by way of pure and simple division in kind, exclusive allocation in ownership of f…

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

Article 820

…where there is no court, the conduct takes place from the first air or sea link. The time required to bring this person before the competent magistrate and the time during which he or she was detaine…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 8

…cable, until the date of limitation of the new offence. Public proceedings for the offence referred to in Article 434-3 of the Penal Code shall lapse, where the failure to inform concerns an assault o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article D763-8

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article D762-8

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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

Article 842

For the application of article 416 in the territory of French Polynesia and in New Caledonia, where it appears materially impossible for a lawyer to travel, the accused may choose as counsel a person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe 8-5-1

You can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authenticated electronic Official Journal No 301 of 28 December 2016 text No 55 at the following address: https://www.legifrance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 825

…n-ended investment company with a preponderance of real estate capital of its own shares is subject to registration duty at the rate set in 2° of I of Article 726 when the holder of the shares is in o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Surrender of foreign nationals holding long-term resident status - EU granted by another Member State of the European Union

Article R621-8

…the State which granted long-term resident - EU status maintains the right of residence on its territory or suspends the withdrawal of this right, the administrative authority issues a decision to sur…

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