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Showing 110 of 3388 articles for Art. 21 Oct. 2016

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2016

The settlor or trustee may be the beneficiary or one of the beneficiaries of the trust agreement.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

…ises, up to a percentage at least equal to that mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 214-30 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The assets of the fund, the société de libre partenariat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…(EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Di…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

…e company receiving the contribution in accordance with the procedures set out in d of 3 of Article 210 A for company mergers.By way of derogation from b, the contributor may opt for taxation at the r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 octies

…of 42 for those assessed under the conditions provided for in article 1499 and by a coefficient of 21 for those assessed under the conditions provided for in article 1501.However, when a taxpayer has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octodecies

I. - Taxpayers who exercise an option for the first time for a real tax regime may recognise, free of tax, the capital gains acquired, on the effective date of this option, by the non-depreciable elem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 octies

Construction premiums allocated pursuant to article R. 311-1 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation are not included in the results of the financial year in progress on the date of their pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 octies

The taxpayers referred to in the first paragraph of 1 of II of Article 39 C are required to provide, in the month following the start of the depreciation allowed as a deduction from taxable income, a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 octies

In accordance with articles L. 442-1and L. 443-10 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, the daily remuneration for services rendered and the allowances mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 octodecies

Customs officers and officers placed under the authority of the Minister for Industry or the Minister for Defence and tasked with implementing the Paris Convention of 13 January 1993 on the Prohibitio…

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