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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Appeal procedures

Article L785-11

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other powers

Article L785-9

…1 June 2016 L. 621-18-3 Order no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 621-18-4 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-18-6 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 621-18-8 with the exception of its second p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies DA

Equipment acquired or manufactured before 1 January 2011 that appears on a list drawn up by joint order of the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for the Environment and that is intended to redu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article R1423-49

…ry and temporary staff contribute to the operation of the various registry departments. These staff may, on an exceptional and temporary basis, and after taking the oath provided for inarticle 24 of d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-9

…edgement of receipt, or, where applicable, via the portal mentioned in Articles L. 814-2 and L. 814-13, to each creditor concerned the information relating to the claims held by it as they result from…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Closure of the investigation

Article R532-22

…ench Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons was taken pursuant to articles L. 531-24 to L. 531-31 or L. 531-32 to L. 531-35, the written investigation is closed three clear days b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19

The national automated genetic fingerprint database may not be interconnected, reconciled or linked with any other automated processing of nominative information, with the exception of: 1° Processing…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article R341-5

Independently of offences relating to the conservation of the public domain, which remain subject to the "contravention de grande voirie" system, breaches of the provisions of the mooring regulations…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1545-4

The National Public Health Agency may exercise all or part of its powers in New Caledonia or French Polynesia, subject to the conclusion of an agreement to this effect with the local authority concern…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° quater : Tax reduction for investments in social hotel residences

Article 199 decies I

…for taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010, a dwelling forming part of a social purpose hotel residence defined in

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