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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L832-1

…ableIn their wording resulting fromIn Title IL. 810-1 to L. 812-2L. 813-1 to L. 813-4L. 813-5La loi n° 2023-22 du 24 janvier 2023 d'orientation et de programmation du ministère de l'intérieurL. 813-6…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-22

Par application des dispositions du titre III du décret n° 56-585 du 12 juin 1956 portant fixation du système général de rétribution des agents de l'Etat ou des personnels non fonctionnaires assurant,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15-1-1

An interministerial technical assistance service is set up within the National Directorate of the Judicial Police, made up of police officers, gendarmerie members and customs officers. This service is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-3

The statutory auditor is appointed for a term of six financial years. His term of office expires after the deliberation of the general meeting or competent body that rules on the accounts for the sixt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2

I - The value of the prudential technical provisions referred to in Article L. 351-2 is equal to the sum of the best estimate and the risk margin. II - The best estimate corresponds to the probability…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-1

I. - In order to provide investment services, investment services providers other than portfolio management companies must obtain authorisation. This authorisation is issued by the Autorité de contrôl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter C

I.-The tax credit defined in Article 244 quater C is deducted from the income tax owed by the taxpayer in respect of the year during which the remuneration taken into account to calculate the tax cred…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1465 A

I. - Unless otherwise decided by the municipality or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system, in rural regeneration zones, with the exception of those mentione…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-23

Urban communities existing on the date of publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale ayant élargi ou non leurs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L912-1-1

The words: "la loi n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises" and the words: "la loi n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 précitée" appearing in the third and fourth paragraphs of…

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