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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R734-2

Article R. 112-5 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended by Decree no. 2013-232 of 20 March 2013.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-23

The articles D. 4135-20 to D. 4135-23 are applicable to the chairmen and members of the regional economic, social and environmental councils.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R4422-30

Articles D. 4135-20 to D. 4135-23 are applicable to members of the Corsican economic, social, environmental and cultural council.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-3

ELECTION OF CONSULAR DELEGATESYou can consult the photos in the JO n° 244 of 20/10/2010 text number 8

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 E

The rate of the real estate security contribution payable when requesting copies of published documents is set at:1° Copies of documents:a) 6 € per registration slip requested;b) 30 € per descriptive…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-47

…ovide for the payment of fixed contributions for companies carrying out the operations mentioned in 20 to 26 of article R. 321-1 .

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-14

For the application of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-16

The staff report proposals and the ratings provided for in Article R. 15-33-15 are drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They include a detailed general asse…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…article L. 2334-7 of the General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016, from the additional allocation or the special…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 E

…to communes located on the territory of the Greater Paris metropolis that were members on 1 January 2015 of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system, the reference…

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