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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R446-2

…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 their wording resultin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 B

I. - The investment property companies referred to in I de l'article 33 de la loi n° 63-254 du 15 mars 1963 sont exonérées de l'impôt sur les sociétés pour la fraction de leur bénéfice qui provient de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-84

Without prejudice to any other useful indications and in particular those provided for by articles 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of the loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 relative aux sociétés civiles p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR GROUPINGS

Article L1831-2

…PPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1221-1 Law no. 2021-771 of 17 June 2021 ratifying ordinances no. 2021-45 of 20 January 2021 and no. 2021-71 of 27 January 2021 reforming the training of loca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-8

Any dispute over the price offered shall be brought before the court in whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is located, within the period mentioned in the third paragraph of articl…

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

Article D603

…present code (simple decrees) is applicable in New Caledonia, in its wording resulting from decree n° 2023-829 of 29 August 2023, subject to the adaptations provided for in the present title.II.-The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L912-3

…"as well as by the employees of a société coopérative de production within the meaning of the loi n° 78-763 du 19 juillet 1978 portant statut de sociétés coopératives de production" are deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-26

Where Article L. 631-16 and the mandataire judiciaire is appointed by the court to distribute funds among the creditors, he shall be allocated the remuneration provided for in article R. 663-16.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-109

…import operation. For medicinal products other than finished products, and for medicinal products necessary for carrying out research involving the human person declared under the law of 20 December 1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: National metrology and testing laboratory

Article R823-10

…tors relating to the objects mentioned in 6°, 7°, 8°, 10°, 11° and 16° of article R. 823-7 are enforceable only after they have been approved by the Minister for Industry and the Minister for the Budg…

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