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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 D

…diately assessed in the name of this partner for his share of the profits made since the end of the last tax period up to the date of this event. This measure applies at the joint request of the share…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L286-2

…references to articles L. 142-1 to L. 142-3 and L. 142-5; 7° In article L. 233-4 is deleted; 9° The last sentence of Article L. 264-1, the references to Articles L. 743-10 and L. 754-3 are deleted; 11…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L285-2

…references to articles L. 142-1 to L. 142-3 and L. 142-5; 7° In article L. 233-4 is deleted; 9° The last sentence of Article L. 264-1, the references to Articles L. 743-10 and L. 754-3 are deleted; 11…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-8

…in circumstances that justified recognition of refugee status must be sufficiently significant and lasting for the refugee's fear of persecution to no longer be considered well-founded.The Office wil…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-7

…ublication, to the Litigation Division of the Council of State, which has jurisdiction at first and last instance. The President of the Litigation Section of the Council of State, or a Councillor of S…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 477

…may only enter into a future protection mandate with the assistance of his curator. Parents or the last surviving father and mother, who are not the subject of a curatorship or guardianship measure o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-3

…the appeal not to be admitted by the president of the investigating chamber in accordance with the last paragraph of article 186. The same applies if it is alleged that the settlement order also rule…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-21

…ation may be rendered inaccessible by the holder of the shared medical record in application of the last paragraph of article L. 1111-15, the conditions of use by healthcare professionals and the spec…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-33

…which the accommodation capacity for a non-permanent population relates is that resulting from the last authenticated census. The table below sets out the minimum percentage of accommodation capacity…

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

Article 220 Z bis

…terdecies that has not received, within a maximum period of twenty-four months from the date of the last work carried out in France, the final approval of the President of the Centre national du ciném…

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