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

Article 299 bis

I.-For the purposes of this chapter: 1° France means the national territory, with the exception of the local authorities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution, New Caledonia, the French Southern…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 259 B

Notwithstanding Article 259, the place of supply of the following services is deemed not to be in France when they are provided to a non-taxable person who is not established or does not have his domi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Local authorities, local public bodies and local public companies

Article 1042 B

The tax rules concerning gratuitous transfers to local authorities or public inter-municipal cooperation establishments with their own tax status of property allocated to student accommodation are def…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 5: Customs controls on postal consignments.

Article 66 bis

1. Any natural or legal person who, in the course of continuous and regular commercial traffic, sends postal parcels or items by post from abroad to recipients in the customs territory, including the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 341 bis

1. Customs reports, where they are authentic until falsified, shall be deemed to be evidence of title for the purpose of obtaining, in accordance with common law, authorisation to take all appropriate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 792 bis

When a transfer is recorded with a liberal intention of assets or rights that are the subject of a trust contract or of the fruits derived from the exploitation of these assets or rights, the transfer…

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

Article 1519 B

An annual tax is introduced on electricity production facilities using mechanical wind energy located in inland waters, the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone.The tax is paid by the operat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Reduction of duties

Article 1595 bis

It is levied for the benefit of a departmental equalisation fund, in all communes with a population not exceeding 5,000 inhabitants other than communes classified as tourist resorts within the meaning…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

The member of a société civile de placement immobilier, governed by articles L. 214-114 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code, whose share of income is, pursuant to Article 8, subject in i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVIIIa: Information provided to users by electronic matchmaking platforms

Article 242 bis

A company, regardless of its place of establishment, which, in its capacity as a platform operator, puts people in contact electronically with a view to the sale of a good, the provision of a service…

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