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Showing 6170 of 70 articles for Art. 257

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F quinquies

…or valuable consideration of building land and new buildings referred to in 2° of 2 of I of article 257 when they are subject to value added tax, except where the terms and conditions set out in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-179

…he disposal of a protected person's property r) Application to the guardianship court under article 257 of the law of 1st June 1924 implementing French civil legislation in the départements of Bas-Rhi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 septvicies

…g to the production or delivery of a new building within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of the article 257 ;c) Housing that does not meet the decency requirements, as set out in article 6 of law no. 89-4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…sis of Articles L. 321-1 and L. 321-3 of the Internal Security Code, V ofArticle 34 of Act no. 2017-257 of 28 February 2017 on the status of Paris and metropolitan planning and their legal representat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies

…ied out in this context has rendered the building new within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of Article 257 of this Code; C.-Deliveries and self-deliveries of social housing within the meaning of 2° of 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

…pection of equipment intended for the application of plant protection products; i) 3° of article R. 257-3 relating to the control of the primary production of foodstuffs and products intended for anim…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Revenue declarations

Article 287

…of I of Article 277 A;c) The total amount excluding tax of the transmissions referred to in article 257a, from which the taxable person has benefited or which he has carried out.6. By way of derogatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

…uting to the production or delivery of a new building within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of article 257 ;3° Housing that does not meet the decency requirements, as set out in the article 6 of law n° 8…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…for rental after renovation provided that their acquisition falls within the scope of I of article 257 and to housing that the taxpayer has built and which has been the subject, before 31 December 19…

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Article Annexe 4-7

…rafting of the expert report drawn up by the notary on the basis of the expert's declaration\n\t\t\t257\n\t\t\t\tNotice that the expert report has been drawn up, by interested party\n\t\t\t\t258\n\t\t…

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