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Showing 211220 of 57408 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 26-1-2022 n° 20-20.223 FS-B

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1702 bis

When it is necessary to request in several departments responsible for land registration, either the registration of the same deed not giving rise to the merged formality and subject to the land regis…

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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
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1840 B

Any public or ministerial officer transferring or assigning an office who is found to have agreed or stipulated for his benefit a price higher than that expressed in the deed of assignment shall be su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1825 B

Equipment or portions of equipment suitable for the distillation, manufacture or ironing of brandies or spirits that have not been declared or hallmarked in accordance with the conditions set out in A…

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

Article 1783 B

Infringements of the provisions of 3 of Article 242 ter shall be punishable by the penalties set out in article 1741.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26-1

Any declaration of nationality must, on pain of nullity, be registered either by the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court, for declarations subscribed in France, or by the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 668 bis

For the purposes of calculating registration duties and land registration tax, the value of the claim held on a trust is valued at the real net market value of the assets placed in trust or the assets…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 788 bis

Property collected by an heir or legatee pursuant to Article 1002-1 or the second paragraph of article 1094-1 of the Civil Code are deemed to have been transmitted gratuitously by the deceased.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-1-B

I.-For the purposes of Articles L. 613-20-1 and L. 613-21-1, information is considered essential if it may have a significant impact on the assessment of the financial soundness of a credit institutio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class

Article 416 bis B

Any failure to comply with the obligations set out in article 65 quater is punishable by a fine of €10,000 per software package, application or cash register system sold or per customer for whom a ser…

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