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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L445-1

…ns are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L446-1

…sions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording result…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

…he means test set out in law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 on legal aid and decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 implementing this law; 13° An indication, if the debtor is a natural person, that if h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-32

…community's budget includes:1° The tax resources mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned in V and V bis of the same article;Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-6

I.-Pursuant to X of Article L. 613-44, the persons referred to in Article L. 613-34 shall communicate: 1° The amounts of own funds which, where applicable, satisfy the conditions referred to in 2° of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-12

…y attorney or a profession provided for in Title IV bis of the aforementioned Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the management of related professional interests or family interests ;3° With the s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

…ishermen, subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of activity, after deduction of a 50% allo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-49

…television services other than cinema, under the conditions laid down by decree no. 2021-1926 of 30 December 2021 relating to the contribution to the production of cinematographic and audiovisual work…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-8

…infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Of the third paragraph of article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, in compliance with the pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° sexies : Tax reduction for expenses relating to the conservation or restoration of movable objects classified as historical monuments

Article 199 duovicies

…t of failure to comply with one of the conditions set out in II or the sale of the object before 31 December of the fifth year following completion of the work, the tax reduction obtained in respect o…

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