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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209 B

I. - 1. Where a legal entity established in France and liable for corporation tax operates a business outside France or holds directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares, stocks, financial righ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 B

…purposes of this article and articles 205 C and 205 D, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Hybrid arrangement: a situation in which: a) A payment is made under a financial instrument in respect…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis D

Benefits resulting from discounts on sale prices, the distribution of free shares and payment deadlines, as provided for in amended articles 11, 12 and 13 of law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 relating t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Departmental Conciliation Commission (See Articles 349 to 350 C of Annex III)

Article 1653 B

1. The competent departmental conciliation commission is that within whose territorial jurisdiction the property is located or registered in the case of ships or boats.Where property forming a single…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Hallmarks

Article 524 bis

Exempt from the guarantee hallmark are: a) Articles made before 1838 and those made after that date already bearing former French guarantee hallmarks; b) Articles containing gold, silver or platinum a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis

I.-Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 60 to 60-10, 61, 62, 63, 63 bis, 63 ter and 64, in order to establish customs offences, if the penalty incurred is equal to or gre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° : Industrial and commercial profits

Article 302 septies A ter

The option for the simplified tax regime for industrial and commercial profits may be exercised each year. New companies exercise this option within the deadlines set for filing the declaration concer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of the request

Article R2333-120-32 ter

When the request is submitted on the portal, the request form is completed online and the mandatory attachments mentioned in article R. 2333-120-31 are downloaded in the order shown on the form. The o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-28 ter

Each year, before 1 February, the chairman of the commission shall submit an activity report to the Minister of Justice. The Chairman of the Commission shall attach to this report any useful observati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Withholding of copyright tax

Article 285 bis

1. Publishers, collective rights management organisations and producers who pay the rights referred to in 2 of III of article 293 B must, except where the author has waived this arrangement pursuant t…

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