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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis C

By way of exception to the provisions of Article 38, interest rate or currency swaps entered into by credit institutions, finance companies or investment firms referred to in article 38 bis A and whic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZJ

The levy referred to in Article 302 bis ZG is based on the gross gaming revenue, consisting of the share of the stakes collected, in mainland France and the overseas departments, accruing to the opera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 0-II bis: Reduction in property tax on undeveloped land relating to plots farmed by young farmers

Article 1647-00 bis

I. - Upon deliberation of general scope taken, each insofar as it is concerned, under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, by the territorial authorities and their groupings with their…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HF

The approval provided for in article 238 bis HE is issued by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée to original French-language works, as defined in the decree issued in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-1 B

The municipalities or their public cooperation establishments, taking into account the particularities of the local situation, take the necessary measures to improve or preserve access to water intend…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278-0 B

I.-Intra-Community acquisitions and imports of goods, other than works of art, are subject to the rate laid down for the supply of the same goods. II. II - The supply of work under contract is subject…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Corsica - DOM

Article 575 E bis

I.- (Repealed).II.-For the various tobacco products, the retail selling price applied in Corsica is at least equal to a percentage of the continental selling prices for the same products, set in accor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter X: Sanitary cutting fees

Article 302 bis S

Any person who carries out bone-in meat cutting operations pays a cutting health fee to the State. The fee is collected from the slaughterer, third-party slaughterer or wild game processing plant that…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 quater B

The acquisition of a company under the conditions provided for in Article 220 quater A may be subject to the agreement of the Minister of Finance prior to its implementation. In this case, the benefit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638-00 bis

The decree for the splitting of communes issued by the State representative in the department only produces its effects for tax purposes from the following year if it is issued before 1st October of t…

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