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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII : Taxation of capital gains on the disposal of building land

Article 238 undecies

…r of undeveloped land or a similar asset within the meaning of A of article 1594-0 G is remunerated by the handover of buildings or parts of buildings to be erected on this land, taxation of the capit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 undecies

Intermediation transactions carried out by persons able to prove their status as agents duly registered with the commission mentioned in article 26 of law no. 47-585 of 2 April 1947 relating to the st…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Rules for rounding tax bases

Article 1649 undecies

The bases for taxes of all kinds are rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1770 undecies

I. - The persons mentioned in Article L. 96 J of the Book of Tax Procedures who make available the software or cash register systems mentioned in the same article are liable to a fine where the charac…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Declarations by third parties.

Article 199

Where testimonial evidence is admissible, the judge may receive from third parties statements of such a nature as to throw light on the disputed facts of which they have personal knowledge. These stat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 199

If the spouses or one of them has died without discovering the fraud, the criminal action may be brought by all those who have an interest in having the marriage declared valid, and by the public pros…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 199

The hearings are held and the judgment is delivered in chambers. However, if the adult defendant or his or her lawyer so requests from the outset of the proceedings, they shall be held and the judgmen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199

Subject to reciprocity treaties, the provisions of article 193 which provide, for the calculation of income tax, the division of taxable income into a certain number of units determined according to t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1992

The mandatary is liable not only for fraud, but also for the faults he commits in his management. Nevertheless, liability for faults is applied less rigorously to one whose mandate is gratuitous than…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1993

Every agent is bound to render an account of his management, and to account to the principal for all that he has received by virtue of his power of attorney, even if what he would have received had no…

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