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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 202

1. In the event of the cessation of the practice of a non-commercial profession, the income tax due in respect of the profits from the practice of that profession including those arising from debts ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 septies F

In the event of the transfer of securities mentioned in article 118, at 6° and 7° of article 120 and to Article 1678 bis as well as treasury bills on formulas and entered on the balance sheet of a com…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286 quater

I.-1. Every taxable person shall keep a register of goods dispatched or transported, by himself or on his behalf, to the territory of another Member State of the European Union and intended in that St…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2252-1

A commune may only grant a loan guarantee or surety to a person governed by private law under the conditions set out in this chapter. The total amount of annual instalments, already guaranteed or guar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-1

I.-The officers of the Competition Authority's investigation departments authorised for this purpose by the general rapporteur may carry out any investigation necessary for the application of the prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-9

I.-A judgement opening or pronouncing a judicial liquidation automatically divests the debtor, from the date of the judgement, of the administration and disposal of his assets comprising the assets in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 G ter

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1447

I. - The business property tax is due each year by natural or legal persons, unincorporated companies or trustees for their activity carried out under a trust agreement who habitually carry out a self…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A

Two-thirds of the rental values used to establish local taxes are taken into account for airports and for facilities designed to combat water and atmospheric pollution that are subject to exceptional…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1656 quater

I. - The provisions of this code applicable to communes, with the exception of I, IV and V of article 1636 B septies, apply to the City of Paris. For the application of these provisions: 1° The refere…

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