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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article D5424-6-1

…oining or the date of extension of membership of the insurance scheme for the staff mentioned in 4° bis of article L. 5424-1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220

…which the income from transferable securities, referred to in the articles 108 to 119,238 septies Band 1678 bis, received by the company or legal person shall be deducted from the amount of tax payab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Insufficient declaration

Article 1729-0 A

…not be less than the amount of the fine provided for in Article 1766 ;c) The assets mentioned in 1° and 2° of III of Article 990 J which should have been declared pursuant to Article 1649 AB.The amoun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification and verification of the identity of occasional customers

Article R561-10

…d, before carrying out the transaction or assisting in its preparation or carrying out, to identify and verify the identity of their occasional customer, as well as the identity of the person they are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-26

…ing device. Without prejudice to the regulations applicable to them, these installations, equipment and devices comply with the conditions laid down respectively for each of them by articles R. 1331-2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R443-3

…Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable locally and in compliance with the powers of the local authority of Saint…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter

…he beneficiaries of the income from movable capital referred to in articles 108 to 119,238 septies Band 1678 bis are required, under the provisions of the tax legislation, to submit, for the purposes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L783-9

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III

Article D46-1-4

The provisions of article D. 45-2-1 bis are applicable before the police court.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…The public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in 1 of III of Article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member municipalities for the provisions relating to the business proper…

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