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Showing 110 of 34522 articles for Art. CE 31-3-2017 n° 395550

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2017

…may at any time appoint a third party to ensure that his interests are safeguarded in the performance of the agreement and who may have the powers granted by law to the settlor.Where the settlor is a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…e spread equally over the financial years ending during the term of the leasing contract, without exceeding fifteen years. However, when the property is acquired by the company or the leasing contract…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2b: Debt collection disputes

Article 349 nonies

…elating to the recovery of sums in application of this code must be addressed to the accounting officer responsible for recovery within two months of notification of the debt recovery action or the de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title IIa: Provisions common to direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 302 nonies

…4 septdecies do not apply where one or more turnover declarations relating to the financial year concerned have not been filed within the deadline and this is the second successive omission.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis N

…party slaughterer on behalf of the owner. This fee is also paid by any person who has wild game processed by a workshop that has received the approval provided for in Article L. 233-2 of the French R…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-31

Rewriting grants are awarded for the following audiovisual projects:1° Fiction projects, either in the form of single programmes with a planned running time of at least 60 minutes, or in the form of s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-31

For a series, inclusion on the list of reference works may be made, on a provisional basis, for episodes that have been broadcast or made available to the public during the previous year on a televisi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 novovicies

I. - A. - Taxpayers who acquire, between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2024, while they are domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B, a new dwelling or a dwelling in the future state of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 nonies

…ely for the purpose of repurchasing all or part of the capital of a company, carried out until 31 December 2022 under the conditions mentioned in II, may benefit from a tax credit.For each financial y…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 nonies

…l estate to which are allocated furnishings, equipment or goods allocated to these properties and necessary for the functioning, use or operation of the latter by a third party, mentioned in article L…

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