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Showing 411420 of 56985 articles for Art. 796-0 bis and 796-0 quater

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1501 bis

I.-For the application of articles 1498 and 1499 in ports, with the exception of marinas, the rental value of quays and open spaces relating to these quays, assigned to loading, unloading, transhipmen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 bis

Any natural or legal person who habitually engages in the retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals is required to submit, before 31 January each year, to the departmental directorate of publi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530 bis

I. - Communes that exercise, pursuant to I bis of article L. 211-7 of the Environment Code, the competence of aquatic environment management and flood prevention may, by a deliberation taken under the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

…ayment is not due when the increases provided for in 1 of article 224, 9 of article 266 quinquies C and 3 of article 284 quater apply.II.In the event that the taxpayer voluntarily rectifies any errors…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Part One: State taxes

Article 1378 bis

Transfers of any kind having as their object, in the case of long leases, either the right of the lessor or the right of the lessee, are subject to the provisions of this code concerning transfers of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis

…e tax treatment as the income from the securities loaned.II. - 1. The financial securities borrowed and the debt representing the obligation to return these securities are recorded separately on the b…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 63 bis

Customs officers may at any time visit artificial islands, installations and structures on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. They may also visit means of transport involved in…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60 bis

…The results of the examination communicated by the doctor, the observations of the person concerned and the progress of the procedure must be recorded in a report sent to the magistrate.Any person who…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 61 bis

…28/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items, customs officers shall immobilise, under conditions laid down by decr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 154 bis

I. - For the purposes of calculating industrial and commercial profits and profits from non-commercial occupations, contributions to compulsory basic or supplementary family allowance and old age insu…

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