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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to ships and aircraft.

Article 195 bis

No port duty or fee on petroleum products delivered to supply ships or aircraft may be instituted and levied for the benefit of any local authority or body (departments, municipalities, chambers of co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI: Miscellaneous deeds

Article 848 bis

The fraction of shares in rural landholding groups, provided for by article L. 322-22 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime, representative of forestry assets and that representative of agricultur…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Discount rights.

Article 390 bis

1. In order to take account of the resources and expenses of debtors or other special circumstances in the case of those whose profession is to carry out customs formalities on behalf of others, total…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Form, statements and registration of retail declarations.

Article 100 bis

1. Orders issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise may lay down simplified customs clearance procedures providing, in particular, that certain particulars of itemised declarations are to b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 193 bis

When officials of French nationality of international organisations have income other than the official remuneration they receive in this capacity, this remuneration, where it is exempt from income ta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 572 bis

The retail selling price of products sold by the resellers referred to in the first paragraph of article 568 and products delivered to travellers by the purchaser-resellers designated in the twelfth p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0Ic A: Revaluation of tangible and financial fixed assets

Article 238 bis JB

A company which carries out an overall revaluation of its tangible and financial fixed assets under the conditions set out in article L. 123-18 of the French Commercial Code may not take into account…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special import provisions.

Article 23 bis

Subject to the application of international agreements, the import of foodstuffs, materials and products of all kinds and origins which do not comply with the legislative or regulatory obligations imp…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Control of foreign trade and financial relations.

Article 42 bis

All authorisations in the field of foreign trade, and in particular licences or authorisations required for the import or export of goods of any kind, may only be issued after applicants have produced…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter X: Compensatory interest in the inward processing arrangements.

Article 181 bis

1. Compensatory interest charged in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Community regulations applicable to inward processing arrangements under the suspension system shall be assessed and…

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