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Showing 1120 of 23445 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 09-DCC-45 du 28 Sept 2009

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 duodecies

…ly or on request, all documents and information held or collected in the course of their respective duties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 duovicies

…domiciled for tax purposes in France within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from an income tax reduction in respect of expenditure they incur on conservation or restoration work on movable objects…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 duodecies

…ided for in Article 234 nonies is based on the net revenue defined in Article 29 which was received during the financial year or the tax period defined in the second paragraph of Article 37.II. - The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 duotricies

…ux articles 1609 novovicies et 1609 tricies are collected and controlled according to the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as turnover taxes. Cl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1770 duodecies

If a person liable for value added tax fails to prove, by producing the attestation or certificate provided for in 3° bis of I of Article 286, that the cash register software or systems that it holds…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 298 nonies

…nce payment or the price is collected in respect of sales of publications designated in article 298 septies as well as sales of paper by companies involved in building up, maintaining and financing a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…Authorised plants with an energy yield of 0.70 or more that recover energy from high-calorific residues from efficient sorting operations tonne _ _ 4 5,5 6 7 7,5 I.-Other authorised facilities tonne…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…the capital gain on the sale of the building may be spread equally over the financial years ending during the term of the leasing contract, without exceeding fifteen years. However, when the property…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

…he development of access to sport, up to the ceiling set in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012.The levy is payable when the event or events on which the game…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 nonies

…of determining the business value added levy, the value added of establishments benefiting from a reduction in their net business property tax base pursuant to article 1466 F is subject, at the compan…

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