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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Examination of asylum applications by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-16

Documents provided by the applicant will be returned with the decision.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

…ortional to the surface area of each exclusive licence to prospect for liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons. The tax shall be paid by the holder of the exclusive licence to prospect for liquid or gaseous hy…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16

…r, after the assent of a commission.The composition of the commission provided for in 2° and 4° is determined by a decree in the Council of State issued on the report of the Minister of Justice and th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

…properties, business property tax and business value added tax pursuant to III of Article 1586 nonies.II. - In the absence of deliberations taken under the conditions provided for in I of this article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-16

…15-2, the parties concerned and the insurers of the parties implicated are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt of the date on which the commission is to meet in order to giv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1521

…al and assistance establishments and assigned to a public service,III. - 1. The municipal councils determine annually the cases in which premises for industrial or commercial use may be exempted from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

I. - A royalty is levied for the benefit of the départements on each net tonne of the conceded product extracted by mine concessionaires, amodiataires and sous-amodiataires of mining concessions, by h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Additional tax on certain registration duties

Article 1584

…mise to lease relating to all or part of a building, regardless of the form given by the parties, whether it is described as a transfer of key money, severance pay or otherwise. This tax, the collecti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax on the sale of land that has become building land

Article 1529

…cal map in a constructible area.Where a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation is competent to draw up the local town planning documents mentioned in the first paragraph, it may institut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-15

The minimum value of lots is set at 15 euros for sales of goods of any kind, ordered or authorised in the cases provided for by articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15. This minimum may be lowered by the cou…

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