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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 A

I. - 1° The taxable amount for supplies by a taxable reseller of second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items or antiques which have been supplied to him by a person who is not liable for value…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 B

Taxable resellers may request to apply the provisions of Article 297 A to supplies of works of art, collectors' items or antiques subsequent to an import, an intra-Community acquisition or a supply su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 C

For each supply of second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items or antiques, reselling taxable persons may apply the value added tax rules applicable to other taxable persons.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 D

I. - 1° Value added tax included in the sale price of second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items or antiques that have been taxed in accordance with the provisions of Article 297 A is not dedu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 G

In order to benefit from the scheme provided for in Article 297 A, a taxable dealer who carries out a transaction involving a second-hand land-based motor vehicle must provide proof, in accordance wit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 F

Taxable persons who carry out transactions involving second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items or antiques must account for their transactions involving these goods separately by method of ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Special provisions for works of art

Article L1616-1

The communes, départements and regions must devote 1% of the amount of the investment to the insertion of works of art in all buildings that were subject, on 23 July 1983, the date of publication of l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Stamp duties, other duties and taxes

Article 1840 I

Any fraud or attempted fraud and, in general, any manoeuvre with the aim or having the result of defrauding or compromising the tax, committed in the use of stamping machines is punishable by the pena…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Stamp duties, other duties and taxes

Article 1840 O

The penalty against those who abuse stamps for stamping is the same as that imposed by the penal code against stamp counterfeiters.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Stamp duties, other duties and taxes

Article 1840 Q

Without prejudice to the penalties provided for in Article 1840 I, any imitation, counterfeiting or falsification of fingerprints, any use of falsified fingerprints will be punishable by the penalties…

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