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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

1. In the event of a merger or demerger of companies, the allocation of securities, sums or values to the members of the transferring company in consideration for the cancellation of the securities of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 266

…l amount of the transaction:Transactions carried out by an intermediary referred to in V of Article 256 and in III of l'article 256 bis ;Operations carried out by persons established in France who act…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 978

…ies mentioned in article L. 5213-13 of the same code; 7° Employers' groups governed by articles L. 1253-1 à L. 1253-24 of the Labour Code which benefit from recognition as a group of employers for int…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies

I. - Unless otherwise decided by the municipality or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system in accordance with the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-8

I.-The box referred to in article L. 132-5-2 is placed at the top of the insurance proposal, draft contract or notice. It must not exceed one page in size and must contain the following information, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…Offences under the Intellectual Property Code; 6° bis Offences under Articles L. 3512-23 à L. 3512-25 of the Public Health Code and their implementing texts; 7° The offences provided for in Articles…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-2

…les within the meaning ofArticle R. 311-1 of the Highway Code with a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h or motorbikes within the meaning of Article R. 311-1 of the Highway Code, the driving of whi…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

Article R611-3

…the corrective measures prescribed following an inspection within the set timeframe, an increase of 25% is applied to the portion of the fee corresponding to the elements that are then subject to enha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIa: Tax to finance the local authority support fund

Article 235 ter ZE bis

…indirectly, exclusive control. III. - The rate of the tax is set at 0.0642% for the years 2016 to 2025 and at 0.05 05% for the years 2026 to 2028. IV. - The tax is payable on 30 April. V. - 1. - The t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-58

…cordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 ; 2° As part of the price information, in addition to the amounts due respectively…

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