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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Chargeable event and assessment of the tax

Article 1635 quater F

I.-The chargeable event for the tax is, depending on the case: 1° The date of issue of the initial building or development consent; 2° The date on which the initial tacit planning permission came into…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Approved associations of the liberal professions

Article 1649 quater F

Associations whose purpose is to develop the use of accountancy, to provide assistance in management matters, to provide them with an analysis of economic, accounting and financial information with re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I A: Observatory of prices, margins and incomes in overseas France

Article L910-1 F

Each observatory publishes annual data on the level and structure of port passage costs.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
01 : Payment in full discharge for sole traders

Article 151-0

I.-Taxpayers may, by option, make a payment in full discharge of income tax based on the turnover or revenue from their professional activity when the following conditions are met:1° They are subject…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289-0

I. - The invoicing rules provided for in Article 289 apply to transactions deemed to be located in France pursuant to Articles 258 to 259 D, excluding those carried out by a taxable person who has est…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Micro-enterprise scheme

Article 50-0

1. For the taxation of their profits, companies whose turnover excluding tax, adjusted if necessary in proportion to the operating time during the reference year, does not exceed, in the previous cale…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 0

Heading 0-Common parts 01. Quality of the authorising officer (1) (2) (1) As part of the control of the status of the authorising officer that accounting officers are required to carry out in respect…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L143-0

The rights associated with supplementary occupational pension contracts offered by supplementary occupational pension funds or insurance companies are payable to the beneficiary from the earliest of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 259-0

For the application of the rules relating to the place of supply of services provided for in articles 259 to 259 D, the following are considered to be taxable persons:1° For all services supplied to h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I: Definition of Community territory

Article 256-0

For the application of this Chapter: 1°The other Member States of the European Community are those listed in Article 299 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, excluding the following terr…

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