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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article R782-20

…le in New Caledonia, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: ", the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer" after the words: "Banque de Fr…

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

Article 275

I. - Taxable persons are authorised to receive or import goods free of value added tax if they are destined for a supply for export, an exempt supply under I of article 262 ter, a supply where the pla…

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

Article 276

Any person or company intending to avail itself of a legal or regulatory provision to receive products free of value added tax may be required to present, beforehand, a solvent guarantor who undertake…

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

Article 270

…eturns filed by taxable persons in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 287.It applies to taxable sums and all items used to calculate the tax rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 284

I. - Any person who has been authorised to receive goods or services duty free, tax suspended under article 277 A or under the benefit of a reduced rate is liable to pay the tax or the additional tax,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289

…son shall ensure that an invoice is issued, by himself, or in his name and on his behalf, by his customer or by a third party:a. For supplies of goods or services which he carries out for another taxa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

1. Value added tax must be paid by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended.However, where…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Authorisations

Article L511-22

I-The following are authorised to investigate and record, in the performance of their duties, infringements of the provisions of Book IV and the infringements and breaches referred to in Articles L. 5…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Authorisations

Article L511-21

…onsible for economic protection of consumers are empowered by order of the Minister for the Economy to investigate and record infringements and breaches of the provisions mentioned in sub-section 2 of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Authorisations

Article L511-20

The agents mentioned in 1° to 6° and in the dernier tiret du dernier alinéa du I de l'article L. 205-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime ainsi que les agents assermentés de l'Etat chargés du contr…

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