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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L940-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the chapters below, the following provisions of this code shall apply in the territory of French Polynesia: 1° Book I, with the exception of articles L. 124-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L753-12

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L752-12

I.- Subject to the provisions set out in II, the provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L754-11

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall appl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-2-1

I. - The départements shall collect a share of the proceeds of the special tax on insurance agreements referred to in Articles 991 to 1004 of the General Tax Code, in accordance with the procedures de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-113-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7124-6, the appropriations required for the operation of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guyana and, w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-103-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7226-6, the appropriations required for the operation of the Martinique Economic, Social and Environmental Council for Culture and Education and, wh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-14-1

I.-For civil servants or public employees of the State and its public establishments falling within the categories defined in the appendix to this article and who are the authors of an invention menti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1668

1. Corporation tax gives rise to the payment, to the competent public accountant, of quarterly instalments determined on the basis of the results of the last closed financial year. The total amount of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1665

A decree sets out the terms of application of articles 1663 B and 1663 C.

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