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Showing 10311040 of 2313 articles for Art. 746 · CGI Art. 726

French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Natural sweet wines

Article 416

The designation of "vin doux naturel" is reserved for wines whose production is traditional and customary:Vinified directly by the harvesting producers and made exclusively from their harvests of musc…

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2°: Miscellaneous prohibitions

Article 432

Marc wines, sugar wines, piquettes and other wines that do not comply with the provisions of the Community regulations on the common organisation of the wine market, seized from the producer of these…

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III: Common obligations

Article 537

Manufacturers and merchants of wrought or unwrought gold, silver and platinum or alloys of these metals, and, in general, all persons who hold materials of this kind for the exercise of their professi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 572 bis

The retail selling price of products sold by the resellers referred to in the first paragraph of article 568 and products delivered to travellers by the purchaser-resellers designated in the twelfth p…

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III: Circulation, possession and trade in tobacco products

Article 575 M

In respect of manufactured tobacco imported into the departments of metropolitan France, infringements of the provisions of articles 571 and 575 E bis shall be investigated, recorded, prosecuted and p…

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b: Transfers and other transactions resulting from verbal agreements

Article 639

…preponderance of real estate assets within the meaning of the third paragraph of 2° of I of Article 726 shall be declared within one month of their date.

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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
2°: Obligations of private individuals

Article 306

…or professional purposes excluding the production of potable spirits and eaux-de-vie. (1) Annex IV, art. 50 A to 50 E.

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4°: Obligations of holders

Article 308

…sited in a premises approved by the administration (1). (1) See also livre des procédures fiscales, art. L. 27 and L. 29.

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III: Meters

Article 314

…cations of the meters or to interfere, by any means whatsoever, with their operation. (1) Annex IV, art. 51 septies to 51 octies E.

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