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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L775-16

…3 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-4 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 522-5 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 522-6 to L. 522-7-1 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-8 Act no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1668

…to 0.50 is counted as 1.Payments must be made no later than 15 March, 15 June, 15 September and 15 December of each year.The organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of 1 bis of Article 206 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment and related services

Article D754-16

…cable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 321-12023-813 of 22 August 2023D. 321-2No. 2009-297 of 16 March 2009II. - For the application of I, the references to the units mentioned in ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…ng Code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.By way of derogation from II of the same Article 46, this cei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional provisions

Article L2333-16

…article L. 2333-6 or that provided for by article L. 2333-21, in their wording prior to 1st January 2009, this tax is replaced, from 1st January 2009, by that provided for by article L. 2333-6.B. - Fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Withholding tax on salaries, pensions and annuities free of charge

Article 1671

…ating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for in Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, taxes, duties and o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Other duties, taxes and fees levied on behalf of local authorities and other bodies

Article 1647

…y on the amount:a. (Repealed);b. Duties, taxes, fees and other charges referred to in II of Article 1635 ter.The rate of this levy is set at 4% of the amount of recoveries.II. - (Not applicable).III.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…nt of this allocation is reduced by applying the rate provided for 2017 in V of Article 33 of Law 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 of the 2017 Finance Act. For 2018, the amount of this allocation, to whi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Société civile immobilière d'accession progressive à la propriété (non-trading property company for progressive home ownership)

Article 16

Income from housing let to their members by non-trading property companies for progressive home ownership operating in accordance with articles L. 443-6-2 to L. 443-6-13 of the construction and housin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 166

The judge in charge of carrying out an investigative measure or supervising its execution may order such other investigative measure as would make it appropriate to carry out the one already prescribe…

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