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Showing 47714780 of 4867 articles for Art. CJEU – Bellone – 30 Apr. 1998 – C-215/97

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39

…eave. For the purposes of determining taxable income for the financial years from 1 January 1986 to 30 December 1987, the same applies to the social security and tax charges relating to this allowance…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-2

I.-The following constitute a travel service: 1° The carriage of passengers; 2° Accommodation that is not an integral part of the carriage of passengers and that does not have a residential purpose; 3…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…ment "Société de la Ligne Nouvelle Provence Côte d'Azur" created in Article 1 of Ordinance no. 2022-306 of 2 March 2022 relating to the Société de la Ligne Nouvelle Provence Côte d'Azur and for the fi…

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

Article 283

…For electronic communications services, excluding those subject to the tax provided for in Article 302 bis KH, the tax is paid by the purchaser who has a French value added tax identification number.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

I. - No person may, directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or on behalf of another person, if he has been convicted within the last ten years of a final offence referred to in II: 1° Direct, manage…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-47

I. - In order to guarantee their financial stability, their solvency with regard to depositors, their absence of conflicts of interest with their customers and their ability to provide financing for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-2

…of Article L. 511-6, for their lending activity;13° The central bodies mentioned in Article L. 511-30;14° The approved professional associations referred to in I of Article L. 519-11.The Autorité de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Local mining tax

Article 1519

…(WO3) contained for tungsten ores ;- €298.20 per quintal of silver contained for silver ores;- €702.30 per thousand net tonnes delivered for bauxite;- €912.90 per thousand net tonnes delivered for flu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
OA: Non-alcoholic drinks

Article 1613 ter

…For those liable for value added tax subject to the simplified tax regime provided for in Articles 302 septies A and 298 bis, on the annual declaration mentioned in 3 of Article 287 or in I of Articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-7

I. - For the purposes of the seventh paragraph of article L. 132-22, the following information is provided to the policyholder:- the interest rate guaranteed by the contract and the interest rate corr…

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