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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 256

I. - The supply of goods and services for consideration by a taxable person acting as such is subject to value added tax.II. - 1° The transfer of the power to dispose of tangible property in the same…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 256 bis

I. - 1° Intra-Community acquisitions of tangible movable property made for consideration by a taxable person acting as such, or by a non-taxable legal entity when the vendor is a taxable person acting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 256 ter

1. Each transfer of a single-use voucher by a taxable person acting in his own name shall be regarded as a supply of the goods or services to which the voucher relates. The physical handing over of go…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 275

I. - Taxable persons are authorised to receive or import goods free of value added tax if they are destined for a supply for export, an exempt supply under I of article 262 ter, a supply where the pla…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 276

Any person or company intending to avail itself of a legal or regulatory provision to receive products free of value added tax may be required to present, beforehand, a solvent guarantor who undertake…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 270

I. - Value added tax is assessed on the basis of returns filed by taxable persons in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 287.It applies to taxable sums and all items used to calculate th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 277 A

I. - The following transactions are carried out under suspension of payment of value added tax:1° The supply of goods intended to be placed under one of the following arrangements provided for by the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283-0

For the application of articles 283 to 285 A, a taxable person who carries out a taxable supply of goods or services in France and who has a permanent establishment there which does not participate in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283 bis

I.-The provisions of this article shall apply, regardless of their place of establishment, to undertakings which, in their capacity as online platform operators, bring persons into contact with each o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 285 A

For transactions relating to the exploitation of the assets or rights of a trust estate, the trustee is considered as a separate taxpayer for each trust contract, except for the assessment of the limi…

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