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Showing 441450 of 60748 articles for Art. CE 11-5-2021 n° 440044 and 440045

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal status of acts taken by municipal authorities.

Article D2573-11

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title III of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Specific reception and support arrangements

Article R5132-1-11

…ion through economic activity, in order to define their respective commitments with regard to the reception, monitoring and support of persons declared eligible and to promote their subsequent access…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 112

…or share premiums. However, a distribution shall only be deemed to be of this nature if all profits and reserves other than the legal reserve have previously been distributed.Subject to the provisions…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Cash payment.

Article 111

1. Duties and taxes are not payable on goods which the customs administration accepts to be abandoned in its favour. 2. Goods whose surrender is accepted by the customs administration shall be sold un…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Cash payment.

Article 110

1. Duties and taxes assessed by the customs service are payable in cash. 2. Officials responsible for collecting duties and taxes are obliged to issue receipts. 3. Registers of payment of duties and t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Place of taxation

Article 11

When a taxpayer has moved either his residence or the place of his main establishment, the assessments for which he is liable in respect of income tax, both for the year in which the change occurred a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Life certificates

Article 1128

Life certificates are exempt from registration.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Purchases for resale

Article 1115

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, acquisitions of real estate, goodwill and shares in real estate companies made by taxable persons within the meaning of article 256 A are exempt from transfe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Civil status documents

Article 1119

…s réserve des dispositions du 3° de l'article 679 of this code, are exempt from registration duties and exempt, where applicable, from formality. These provisions are applicable to the deeds of notori…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10°: National artistic heritage

Article 1131

…collectors' items or documents of high artistic or historical value, is exempt from transfer duties and ancillary taxes relating to the transfer of these assets, when he donates them to the State with…

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