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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing

Article D3325-1

At the request of the company, certification of the amount of net profit and shareholders' equity is drawn up either by the statutory auditor or by the public finance inspector. In the latter case, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing

Article D3325-3

Where no application for a certificate has been made six months after the end of a financial year, the Labour Inspectorate control officer may take the place of the company in obtaining the certificat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing

Article D3325-7

The request for refund, accompanied by the certificate, is sent to the tax office of the organisation that issued it. The refund is made to this organisation, which is responsible for using the corres…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-1

…marketed, of an agreement that complies with the standards set out in Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and guarantees an exchange of information in tax matters, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-4

…marketed, of an agreement that complies with the standards set out in Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and guarantees an exchange of information in tax matters, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro

Article L721-1

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion Island, and the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the monetary signs that are legal tender and i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro

Article L721-2

The introduction of the euro in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon shall not have the effect of modifying the terms of a legal instrument or of releasing or dispensing with its performance,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro

Article L721-3

The Governor of the Banque de France shall make applicable in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon the measures necessary for the performance of the tasks mentioned in Section 1 of Chapter I of Title IV of Book I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Currency

Article R733-3

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Currency

Article R733-5

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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