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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 272

…ate of the court decision pronouncing the judicial liquidation. The imputation or refund is subject to justification to the administration of the prior rectification of the initial invoice. 2. Value a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 262

…seller or on his behalf, outside the European Community and the supply of services directly linked to the export;2° the supply of goods dispatched or transported by the purchaser who is not establish…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 271

…on the price components of a taxable transaction is deductible from the value added tax applicable to that transaction.2. The right to deduct arises when the deductible tax becomes chargeable to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 266

…oods, services and intra-Community acquisitions, by all sums, values, goods or services received or to be received by the supplier or service provider as consideration for these transactions, from the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 273

…cle 271.They set out in particular:- the date on which the deductions may be made;- the adjustments to which they must give rise;- the procedures according to which the deduction of tax charged on goo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 287

…identified in accordance with the combined provisions of articles 286 ter and 286 ter A is required to submit to the tax department to which he belongs and within the time limit set by decree a return…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-20

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 224-26 to L. 224-42-4 as well as articles L. 224-57 and L. 224-58 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-20

I.-A referral sent to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique by a rights holder under the conditions provided for in I of Article L. 331-27 shall be made by register…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.

Article R464-21

The Minister for Economic Affairs, when he is not a party to the proceedings, and the Competition Authority may submit written and oral observations. The latter are presented at their request or at th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.

Article R464-20

…eals provided for in Article L. 464-7 shall be brought before the court of appeal by way of summons to a hearing previously indicated by the first president or his delegate. On pain of nullity, the su…

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