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Showing 15611570 of 51196 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 16-2-2022 n° 20-15.164 FS-B

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 B

The taxpayer is informed of the reasons for and the amount of the tax due by any official of the customs and excise administration. They are invited to make their observations known.He is also informe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Form, statements and registration of retail declarations.

Article 99 bis

For the application of this Code, and in particular of duties and taxes, prohibitions and other measures, declarations lodged in advance only take effect, with all the consequences attached to registr…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 343 bis

The judicial authority shall communicate to the customs administration any information it obtains in the course of any legal proceedings which may give rise to a presumption that a customs offence has…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General provisions

Article 321 bis

The public accountant charges the partial payment of a debt governed by this code in accordance with the provisions of article L. 257 C of the tax procedures book.

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352 bis

Where a person has unduly paid national duties and taxes recovered in accordance with the procedures of this Code, he may obtain reimbursement, unless the duties and taxes have been passed on to the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Jurisdiction ratione materiae.

Article 357 bis

The judicial courts hear disputes concerning the payment, guarantee or reimbursement of debts of any kind recovered by the customs administration and other customs matters that do not fall within the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article 451 bis

For the purposes of this Code, all financial transactions carried out in France by or on behalf of natural and legal persons covered by Community regulations adopted pursuant to Article 215 of the Tre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 196 B

The taxpayer who accepts the attachment of the persons designated in 3 of Article 6 benefits from an additional half share of family quotient per person thus attached.If the connected person is marrie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 568 bis

As an exception to Article 568, in the overseas departments, from 1 January 2019 only persons who are qualified traders and hold a licence granted on behalf of the department by the president of the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 310 bis

The State may repurchase, under conditions set by joint order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Industry (1), stills that were used for the production of raw spirits and…

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