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Showing 4150 of 21284 articles for Art. BOFiP-BIC-CHAMP-40-10-§§ 115 et 165

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1650

The buyer's main obligation is to pay the price on the day and at the place settled by the sale.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1656

If it has been stipulated at the time of the sale of immovable property that, in the absence of payment of the price within the agreed term, the sale would be cancelled ipso jure, the purchaser may ne…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1655

The cancellation of the sale of immovable property is pronounced immediately if the seller is in danger of losing the thing and the price.If there is no such danger, the judge may grant the purchaser…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1657

…ual to or greater than 5.The assessments of direct taxes of all kinds are rounded according to the methods defined in the first paragraph. The same applies to the amount of increases, reductions and r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1658

…the authority of departmental directors of public finance or heads of departments with national competence, holding at least a grade set by decree in the Council of State. These delegations are public…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Provisions common to the commissions referred to in Articles 1650 to 1652a

Article 1653

…the procedures for appointing representatives of taxpayers and departmental councillors and the secretariat of the commissions provided for in articles 1651 to 1651 M are set by decree (1).(1) Annex I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Public bodies and other organisations

Article 1654

Public establishments, industrial or commercial operations of the State or local authorities, concessionary or subsidised companies, companies benefiting from statutes, privileges, direct or indirect…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1659

The date of assessment of the rolls is set by the authority competent to approve them pursuant to article 1658. This date is indicated on the tax roll and on the tax notices issued to the taxpayers.Wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651

A direct tax and turnover tax commission is set up within the jurisdiction of each administrative tribunal. It is chaired by the president of the administrative tribunal, by a member of this tribunal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Private circles

Article 1655

Persons who, under cover of associations governed by the loi du 1er juillet 1901 or by the local law maintained in force in the Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle departments, serve meals, sell drinks fo…

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