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Showing 23712380 of 2824 articles for Art. 796-0 bis & 796-0 ter

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-10

…on or to the body for the defence of geographical indications, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code. This information may also be communicated before the implementation of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A

I. With the exception of salaries falling within the scope of article 182 A bis, French-source salaries, wages, pensions and life annuities paid to persons who are not domiciled in France for tax purp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ac: Record-keeping

Article 286 quater

I.-1. Every taxable person shall keep a register of goods dispatched or transported, by himself or on his behalf, to the territory of another Member State of the European Union and intended in that St…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Loan guarantees

Article L2252-1

…an guarantee or surety to a person governed by private law under the conditions set out in this chapter. The total amount of annual instalments, already guaranteed or guaranteed to fall due during the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-1

…icials mentioned in the previous paragraph in their investigations, under the supervision of the latter.The terms and conditions of such assistance shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-9

…in place of the corporate officers by order of the president of the court at the request of any interested party, the liquidator or the public prosecutor.III.-.Where the debtor is a natural person,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons and activities

Article 1447

…The business property tax is not payable by the organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of 1 bis of Article 206 which meet the three conditions set by that same paragraph. III. - The persons an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A

…o establish local taxes are taken into account for airports and for facilities designed to combat water and atmospheric pollution that are subject to exceptional depreciation under the articles 39 qui…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6 : Tax paid by electronic payment

Article 1681 septies

…remote payment, by the taxpayers defined in the second to tenth paragraphs of I of article 1649 quater B quater ;2 Payment by teleregulation, of property taxes on built-up and unbuilt properties and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article R761-2

…icle R. 711-1 reads as follows: "Art. R. 711-1.-The decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory is deemed to have been executed on the date on which the administration's stamp has been a…

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