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Showing 8190 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 F

…e statements of formalities provided for in article 8 of the decree of 9 April 1956 on the creation and operation of special mortgage archive centres is set at €5 per person for whom the information i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1651 F

…pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 76 of the French Tax Procedures Book, the Direct Tax and Turnover Tax Commission includes, in addition to the Chairman, two taxpayers' representatives, c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 F

Taxable persons who carry out transactions involving second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items or antiques must account for their transactions involving these goods separately by method of ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe F

…g officers are authorised to pay money orders issued in the name of the creditor into the factor's hands, when memoranda, invoices, statements of work and other documents include the following stateme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 F

…watt of installed electrical capacity on 1st January of the tax year for hydroelectric power plants and €8.16 per kilowatt of installed electrical capacity on 1st January of the tax year for photovolt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210 F

…l gains generated on the disposal of premises for office, commercial or industrial use or building land by a legal entity subject to corporation tax under the conditions of ordinary law are subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 F

…ome mentioned in article 204 B is made up of the net amount taxable for income tax on the sums paid and the benefits granted, before application of article 80 sexies, the second sentence of the first…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article D211-9-3

…uired, within ten business days of the request for identification made pursuant to article L. 211-5 and referred to inarticle L. 228-3 of the Commercial Code, to disclose the identity of the owners of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 F

…ions required to benefit from the exemption provided for in article 1463 A, in the same proportions and for the same period. The subsequent allowance provided for in the last paragraph of I of the sam…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-19

The debates shall take place under the conditions laid down in Articles 1016, 1017, 1018 and 1019.

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