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Showing 16611670 of 2166 articles for Art. 239 bis AB

French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Summary of customers

Article 289 B

I.-Any taxable person identified for value added tax purposes must file, within a period and in accordance with procedures laid down by decree, a summary statement of customers, with their value added…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-3

…er in a single document or in a package formed by a framework contract and application contracts. I bis.-The reciprocal logistical obligations to which the supplier and the distributor or service prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…from registration duties ;3° Insurance contracts on bodies, transported goods and carrier's civil liability, merchant ships and fishing vessels taken out against maritime or river navigation risks of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

I.-Par délibération prise dans les conditions prévues au VI de l'article 1639 A bis, les organes délibérants des communes ou des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-4

…set out in the previous two paragraphs are deemed to have their tax domicile in mainland France;1° bisIndividuals or legal entities that have their tax domicile in a department of mainland France or…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…not accompanied by a regular document of title or if they are presented under cover of a non-applicable document of title. 3. All import or export authorisation titles (licences or other similar titl…

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

Article 214

…6° Any fraction of the rebates deducted pursuant to 1°, 2° and 5° which exceeds 50% of the distributable surpluses of a financial year is reintegrated into the result of the same financial year up to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-4

…the tariffs within two years of the date of publication of this decree. This paragraph is not applicable to the tourist communes referred to in article L. 133-11 of the Tourism Code.However, on an exc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

…a fresh state by a refrigeration process);5° (Repealed).3. (Used goods):1° a. Subject, where applicable, to the provisions of 1° and 2° of III of Article 257, sales of used goods made by persons who…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262

…inked to the export;2° the supply of goods dispatched or transported by the purchaser who is not established in France, or on his behalf, outside the European Community, with the exception of capital…

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