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Showing 921930 of 952 articles for Art. 231 ter

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 975

…ricultural or liberal activity of a partnership subject to income tax mentioned in articles 8 and 8 ter in which the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of I of this article carry out their main…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis

…hout prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 60 to 60-10, 61, 62, 63, 63 bis, 63 ter and 64, in order to establish customs offences, if the penalty incurred is equal to or greater t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 octies

…transaction takes place during the tax year.II. - 1. The amount of value added is the subject, no later than the second working day following 1st May of the year following that in respect of which the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4211-1

…to contribute to the economic, social and cultural development of the region by:1° Any studies of interest to regional development;2° Any proposals aimed at coordinating and rationalising the choice o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B sexies

…ns of Articles 1636 B septies and 1636 B decies municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax system vote each year on the rates of property t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278-0 bis

…or cocoa. However chocolate, household milk chocolate, chocolate bonbons, cocoa beans and cocoa butter are admitted at the reduced rate of 5.5%;c) Margarines and vegetable fats;d) Caviar;e) Alcoholic…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 sexies

…vities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution, New Caledonia, the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and Clipperton Island, or uses for the first time there washing preparations, including…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Overall result

Article 223 B

The overall result is determined by the parent company by making the algebraic sum of the results of each of the companies in the group, determined under the conditions of ordinary law or in accordanc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

I.-The provisions of Chapter III, Title II, Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…on and awareness programme involving the installation, at his own expense, of an alcohol ignition interlock device on his vehicle, for a minimum period of six months and a maximum period of three year…

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