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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 C

…isible from several départements, the distribution is made jointly in the départements concerned;2° 35% is allocated to the committees mentioned in article L. 912-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing C…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300 bis

…e, their luggage by means of a chauffeur-driven transport vehicle, within the meaning of Article L. 3122-1 of the Transport Code; b) The delivery of goods by means of two- or three-wheeled vehicles; 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Exemptions

Article 35 bis

…provided that the tenant or subletter can provide evidence of a contract entered into pursuant to 3° of Article L. 1242-2 of the Labour Code, and that the rental price remains set within reasonable…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379 bis

…ned by private law, even if they are not merchants, in respect of the claims listed in 1 of article 379, shall be disclosed in accordance with the conditions set out in 2 to 5.2. Publication is made a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Destruction before trial of certain categories of goods.

Article 389 bis

…well as goods intended for human or animal consumption but which cannot be sold pursuant to article 389 because they are unfit for consumption, or which cannot be kept without risk of deterioration; t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

…t of the cash subscription to the initial capital or capital increases of this company made between 3 April 2003 and 31 December 2009. The amortisation period starts on the first day of the month foll…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-20-1

…the investigating judge, seals and samples relating to the traces and samples mentioned in 1°, 1° bis, 3° and 4° of I and 1° and 2° of III of Article R. 53-10 are sent, when the analysis has been ca…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Building lease

Article 33 bis

Subject to the provisions of article 151 quater, rents and services of any kind that constitute the price of a construction lease entered into under the conditions provided for by the

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: On import.

Article 35 bis

Where the declared value is lower than the customs value without the declaration of the elements of the value being vitiated by inaccuracy or omission as regards the points of fact and in the absence…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345 bis

…or circulars or the request from a taxpayer relate to the application of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the European Union Cu…

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