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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Criminal provisions

Article L753-20

Article L. 352-1, as amended byOrder no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000, is applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article D546-2

If the sentenced person is present at the hearing, he or she will be given a summons to appear before the prison integration and probation service within a period of not more than eight days, if the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209

…to in 3° of I of article 210-0 A, the expense corresponding to this excess may not be deducted.II ter. - In the event of a merger or similar transaction governed by articles 210 A to 210 C, the expens…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-24

The list of acts performed by the trainee provided for in article R. 812-18-2 is given in II of Annex 8-1-1 to this book.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238

…ssets and which is carried out, directly or indirectly by the company, during the same financial year. In respect of the first financial year for which the net income is calculated, this is reduced by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 258

I. - The place of supply of tangible movable property is deemed to be in France when the property is in France:a) At the time of dispatch or transport by the seller, by the purchaser, or on their beha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 279

…ing those relating to alcoholic beverages which come under the rate provided for in Article 278;a ter. (Repealed);a quater. (Repealed);a quinquies. Treatment services provided by authorised spa establ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 266

…r business, a fixed establishment, their domicile or their habitual residence;b bis. (Repealed);b ter. For the transactions referred to in e of 1° of Article 261 C which have been the subject of the o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L341-26

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without providing the borrower with the European Standardised Information Sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7 and the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L341-25

…in the proportion determined by the judge, with particular regard to the harm caused to the borrower.

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