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Showing 551560 of 2313 articles for Art. 1589-2 · CGI Art. 680 · TGI Bordeaux 5 January 1977

French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279-0 bis

…hich contributes to the production of a new building within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of Article 257; b) Following which the floor area of the existing premises is increased by more than 10%. 2 bis.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A quater

…transactions relating to economic activities, within the meaning of the last paragraph of Article 256 A, for the purposes of which the import is carried out.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A bis

Non-taxable legal entities that have paid value added tax on the importation of a good may obtain a refund of the tax if they dispatch or transport that good to another Member State of the European Co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies A

…the premises or to bring the building to a new state within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of Article 257, relating to: a) Social rental housing covered by an agreement under which the personalised housi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Intra-Community transactions involving new or second-hand means of transport

Article 298 sexies A

Taxable resellers subject to the obligations set out in article 297 G who wish to benefit from the scheme provided for in article 297 A and agents are required to request, on behalf of their client or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies D

For the supplies mentioned in 1 and 2 of article 298 sexdecies B, the tax is paid by the recipient. However, the seller is jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies E

…rt of their accounts, documents enabling their customers to be identified for all transactions of €15,000 or more. 2. Where they are subject to the obligations of article 537, taxable persons may meet…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI: Goods transiting through a warehouse or logistics storage platform

Article 298 sexdecies J

…platform for the storage of goods intended for delivery within the meaning of 1° of II of Article 256 or a similar operation mentioned in III of the same Article 256 shall make available to the admin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Special arrangements applicable to services supplied by taxable persons not established in the European Union

Article 298 sexdecies F

…h the rules relating to this special schemeThe terms of such exclusion shall be laid down by decree.5. For each calendar quarter, he shall file, by electronic means, a value added tax return, whether…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special arrangements applicable to intra-Community distance sales of goods, to supplies of goods made in a Member State via electronic interfaces facilitating such supplies, and to services supplied by taxable persons established within the territory of the European Union but not in the Member State of consumption

Article 298 sexdecies G

…istance selling of goods; > or 3° which facilitates the supply of goods in accordance with Article 256(V)(2)(b), where the place of departure and the place of arrival of the transport of the goods sup…

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