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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article A211-10

The certificate or provisional certificate must be affixed to the inside of the vehicle, one side visible from the outside, on the lower right-hand side of the windscreen. For two- or three-wheeled ve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Overseas departments

Article 1043 A

In the department of Guiana, the rates of stamp duty provided for in this code are reduced by half. The same reduction shall apply to the rates of registration duties and land registration tax, except…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Professional economic development committees

Article 1039 A

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, transfers made to a professional economic development committee governed by the loi n° 78-654 du 22 juin 1978, of assets of any kind belonging to an organisa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A

I. - Subject to the provisions of Article 1639 A bis, local authorities and competent bodies shall notify the tax departments, before 15 April each year, of decisions relating either to the rates or t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Organisation of the territorial criminal investigation departments of the territorial directorates of the national police force

Article A35-1

The headquarters and jurisdiction of the territorial judicial police departments of the territorial directorates of the national police are determined in accordance with the following table: DIRECTION…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Commercial facilities.

Article A750-1

The Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) is authorised to implement in its decentralised departments and at the central administration an automated processi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions applicable in the event of a paperless challenge to fixed fines as provided for in Article 529-10

Article A37-20-1

The holder of the registration certificate or the persons referred to in the last three paragraphs of Article L. 121-2 of the Highway Code who have received a fixed fine notice may submit the request…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents

Article A134-1

Any applicant shall file in person or by proxy with the Registrar of the Commercial Court a declaration in duplicate under the terms of which he affirms that he is practising his profession under the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article A232-1

The currency used for the corporate income tax report provided for in Article L. 232-6 is that used to prepare the company's annual financial statements.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Contract reference value.

Article A131-1

Where the contracting party or beneficiary chooses cash settlement, the sum paid in accordance with the contract is equal to the foreign currency equivalent of the units of account, based on the surre…

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