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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 273 septies B

Taxable persons may deduct the value added tax relating to electricity consumed by land vehicles excluded from the right to deduct, where such vehicles are used for the purposes of transactions giving…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 273 septies A

Value added tax relating to purchases, imports, intra-Community acquisitions, deliveries and services carried out from 1 January 1993 ceases to be excluded from the right to deduct in respect of vehic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 273 septies C

Value-added tax relating to purchases, imports, intra-Community acquisitions, deliveries and services carried out from 1 January 2006 ceases to be excluded from the right to deduct in respect of off-r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278-0 B

…s carried out pursuant to 2° of 1 of II of Article 257 are subject to the rates set out in Articles 278-0 bis A or 279-0 bis when they relate to works that meet the conditions set out in 1 and 2 of Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 273 septies D

A regularisation of the tax initially deducted and charged on a good is not made for new unsold food and non-food items that have been donated to associations recognised as being in the public interes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278-0 A

…ntal elements are subject to their own rate determined under the conditions provided for in article 278-0.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279-0 bis

…% on improvement, conversion, development and maintenance work other than that mentioned in article 278-0 bis A relating to premises for residential use, completed more than two years ago, with the ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies A

…n the private sector. b) Premises in the social and medico-social sector mentioned in IV of article 278 sexies, when this work is taken into account by the agreement provided for in the last paragraph…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-27-1

In municipalities of 1,000 inhabitants or more, when general information on the achievements and management of the municipal council is disseminated by the municipality, a space is reserved for the ex…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-27

Where the request has been made with a view to the subsequent confiscation of the property, it shall be retained on French territory in accordance with the rules of this Code.If the investigating judg…

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