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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-16

…ng in France for a maximum of three months under cover of their travel document bearing, where applicable, a visa ; 3° Foreign nationals staying in France on a visa for a period of more than three mon…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-16

I.-In each currency, the calculation of the adjustment referred to in Article L. 351-4 corresponds to a fraction of the difference between:1° the interest rate determined by the insurance or reinsuran…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1498

…rwise. Those movable assets which would have formed own assets by their nature by virtue of Article 1404, under the legal regime, if they had been acquired during the community. If one of the spouses…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1469

…an authentic or private deed to which it was not a party or on a document held by a third party, it may, at the invitation of the arbitral tribunal, summon that third party before the president of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…From 2013, the departmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the am…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Seizures in the hands of the debtor

Article R221-16

…nd void, the attachment deed shall contain : 1° A reference to the title under which the seizure is carried out; 2° An inventory of the property seized, including a detailed description of the propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
h: Cash subscriptions to the capital of approved small-scale fishing finance companies

Article 163 duovicies

The amount of sums actually paid for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies mentioned in article 238 bis HO made before 1 January 2009 is deductible from overall net income; this deduction may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Minimum flat-rate assessment of taxable income based on certain lifestyle factors

Article 168

…or her income, the income tax base is increased to a lump sum determined by applying the following scale to certain elements of this lifestyle, when this sum is greater than or equal to €50,447; this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article L322-16

The provisions of articles L. 322-11 to L. 322-13 are applicable to the sales referred to in articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…claration filed under conditions and deadlines set by decree, the information required for the application of Article 8(3a) of Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooper…

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