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Showing 7180 of 16327 articles for Art. CA Paris 28-6-1994

French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 287

…e Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister(s) concerned, after consultation with the local authorities and public establishments concerned, the free zone is established by a decree issued…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 289

Goods placed in free zones may be subject to:1° Loading, unloading, transhipment or storage operations ;2° Handling as provided for in article 153-1 above;3° Processing, working or additional labour,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285

(1) (Repealed)2. In the case of imports of a non-commercial nature, the customs administration may levy flat-rate import duties other than value added tax and internal taxes on goods sent in small con…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 286

…lished for the purpose of treating goods therein as not being in the customs territory for the application of customs duties and taxes to which they are liable on importation, as well as quantitative…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 288

…nce or destination, are admitted to free zones. 2. The above provisions shall not preclude the application of prohibitions or restrictions justified on grounds of public morality, public policy, publi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Declarations of existence and accounts

Article 286

…e, commission, rebates, wages, rental prices, interest, discounts, agios or other profits. However, cash transactions may be recorded as a whole in the accounts at the end of each day when they are le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 284

…ction operation, no more than 50% of the housing units may be transferred.III. - Any person who has carried out the work mentioned in Article 278 sexies A themselves, with the exception of 5° of I of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

1. Value added tax must be paid by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended.However, where…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-28

…likely to occur during the withdrawal period; 3° The supply of goods made to the consumer's specifications or clearly personalised; 4° The supply of goods likely to deteriorate or expire rapidly; 5°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Duties of dental surgeons towards members of the health professions.

Article R4127-282

Dental surgeons, in their professional relations with members of other medical or paramedical professions, must respect the independence of the latter.

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