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Showing 271280 of 7610 articles for Art. 16 Jan. 2019 – no. 17-12479

French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Import

Article 1790

Penalties relating to offences committed in respect of taxes collected and controlled under the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as customs duti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1786

For the application of the penalties provided for in the event of fraudulent manoeuvres, any purchase for which a regular invoice is not represented that conforms to the nature, quantity and value of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1795

…ded for in this I excludes those provided for in Article 1770 undecies of this code and in Article 416 bis A of the Customs Code in respect of the same software, systems or interventions and the same…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1797

With regard to offences committed in relation to taxes on gaming houses, if the duties evaded or compromised cannot be determined precisely, the court shall set the penalty at one to three times the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Energy, mining resources and industrial development.

Article L4433-17

…main, the regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion exercise the powers defined in Articles L. 611-16 and L. 611-17 of the Mining Code.The State services involved in exercising the powers transferred…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601

…tax is levied for the benefit of CMA France and the chambers of trade mentioned in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of trade fees applicable in the departmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operating rules

Article R784-16

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3no. 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on the costs of chambers of commerce and industry

Article 1600

…e regional chambers of commerce and industry, under the conditions set out in 10° of article L. 711-16 of the French Commercial Code.Exempt from this tax are:1° Taxpayers who exclusively carry out a n…

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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 Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-17

…ng the digitised image of fingerprints, are read by the processing mentioned in Article 1 of Decree No. 2019-452 of 13 May 2019 authorising the creation of an electronic means of identification called…

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