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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-1

I.-Subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formation, registration and termination of the contract

Article D6325-1

The employer sends the professionalisation contract, together with the document attached to the contract mentioned in article D. 6325-11 , to the body responsible for collecting and paying contributio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Tax regimes

Article 69 E

Farmers who carry out an activity mentioned in the fifth or sixth paragraph of Article 63 are subject to an actual taxation system. The same applies to farmers all or part of whose assets allocated to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies DA

Equipment acquired or manufactured before 1 January 2011 that appears on a list drawn up by joint order of the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for the Environment and that is intended to redu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-1

Ownership of real estate may be assigned as security for an obligation under a trust agreement entered into pursuant to the articles 2011 to 2030.The secured obligation may be present or future; in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

The Institute's revenue is made up of all fees collected in respect of industrial property and the national register of companies, up to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Finance Act 2011…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 D

Municipalities that were not members of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax status on 1 January 2011 and that join a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment wi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Investments

Article R353-3

For insurance and reinsurance undertakings investing in transferable securities or other financial instruments based on repackaged debt issued before 1 January 2011, the requirements set out in Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-5

The sale takes place within a maximum period of two years after the expiry of the period provided for in article L. 23-10-1. After this period, any sale is subject to articles L. 23-10-1 to L. 23-10-3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R1233-2

The agency has the resources provided for in Article L. 1233-1. As such, it is subject, for its borrowings, to the rules set out in the I of Article 12 of Law no. 2010-1645 of 28 December 2010 on publ…

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