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Showing 181190 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 155 B

I. - 1. Employees and the persons referred to in 1°, 2° and 3° of b of Article 80 ter called from abroad to take up employment with a company established in France for a limited period are not subject…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special rights reserved for customs.

Article 386 bis

…president of the judicial court may order, at the request of the customs administration and after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accord…

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

Article 300 bis

A tax is hereby introduced on the provision, in France, of services for putting people in contact with each other by electronic means with a view to carrying out economic transactions that meet the fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-20 A (art. A322-101)

…G TRIMIX OR HELIOX DIVINGDEVELOPMENT AREASMINIMUM LEVELof diversSKILLSminimum of the group leaderNUMBER OF DIVERSmaximumof the group, excludingsupervisor0 - 40 metres. Level P 3 or P 4 + confirmed nit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 848 bis

The fraction of shares in rural landholding groups, provided for by article L. 322-22 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime, representative of forestry assets and that representative of agricultur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 154 bis

…of calculating industrial and commercial profits and profits from non-commercial occupations, contributions to compulsory basic or supplementary family allowance and old age insurance schemes, includi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class

Article 416 bis

…rformance of their duties or refusing to comply with their orders in accordance with Article 53 (1)(b) and Article 61 (1) of this Code is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1522 bis

I. - The municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation may institute, under the conditions provided for in 1 of II of article 1639 A bis, an incentive portion of the t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1760 bis

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in IV of Article 210-0 A shall result in a €10,000 fine being imposed for each transaction.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 B

In French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte, a special equipment tax is introduced for the benefit of public establishments created pursuant to Article L. 321-36-1 of the town planning code.This ta…

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