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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special rules applicable throughout the customs territory to certain categories of goods.

Article 215 bis

Those holding or transporting goods referred to in 4 and 5 of article 38 above must, at the first request of customs officers, produce either documents certifying that these goods have been brought in…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

Subject toArticle L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis A

I. - 1. Subject to international conventions, capital gains, as defined in e bis and e ter of I of l'article 164 B, realised by the persons and bodies mentioned in 2 of I when disposing of the propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis B

Subject to the provisions of article 244 bis A, the gains mentioned in article 150-0 A resulting from the transfer or redemption of company rights mentioned in f of I of article 164 B, made by individ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis C

Subject to the provisions of article 244 bis B, the provisions of Article 150-0 A does not apply to capital gains realised on transfers for valuable consideration of transferable securities or corpora…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Transfers by death

Article 641 bis

The time limits provided for in Article 641 are extended to twenty-four months for inheritance declarations involving real estate or real estate rights for which the deceased's right of ownership was…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 196 bis

The situation to be taken into account is that existing on 1 January of the year of taxation. However, in the year of the occurrence or cessation of one or more of the events or conditions mentioned i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 bis

…of an irregularity mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-24 of the code of taxes on goods and services;4° The use of documents mentioned in 4° of article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and servi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170 bis

…n une ou plusieurs résidences secondaires, permanentes ou temporaires, en France ou hors de France ;4° Persons whose main residence has a rental value that has exceeded, during the year of taxation, €…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 01: Consignment duty.

Article 322 bis

Customs officers may detain the goods referred to inarticle 38 (4) and (5) above, or goods likely to belong to one of the categories of goods listed in these same provisions, and possibly the vehicles…

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