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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1-1

…ng him before the criminal court, but the case is not ready to be tried under the immediate appearance procedure because the results of requisitions have not yet been obtained, technical or medical ex…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-12-1

…at their own request and if they have not been taken on by an employer, begin a three-month apprenticeship training course. During this period, they are granted the status of vocational training train…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE FRENCH AUSTRALIAN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES

Article L157-1

…shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories in the wording resulting from ordonnance n°2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Tax base

Article 1468

I. - The base for the business property tax is reduced:1° For agricultural cooperatives and unions of cooperatives and agricultural collective interest companies, by half;This reduction does not apply…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L775-14

…econd column of the same table: " Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 519-1 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 519-1-1 Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 519-2 Ordinan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

…intercommunale à fiscalité propre, les conseils départementaux et le conseil régional d'Ile-de-France peuvent exonérer de la taxe d'aménagement partiellement ou totalement, pour la part revenant, cha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Offences committed by third-party declarants

Article 1736

…of article 242 ter and article 242 ter B. The fine is not applicable, in the event of a first offence committed during the current calendar year and the three previous years, when the interested part…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.

Article R123-199-1

…y the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December 2004, in particular the part of its Annex IAS 24 entitled "Purpose of related party disclosur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.

Article R123-197-1

…if these transactions are material and were not carried out under normal market conditions. The procedures for drawing up this list are specified by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables…

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