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Showing 3140 of 29475 articles for Art. Décret 2022-1691 du 28-12-2022

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-28

…ancellation under the conditions set out in the second paragraph above, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 131-12 of this Code. It forwards the new declarations of each of these i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 287

…zone is established by a decree issued by the Council of State, which determines the operating procedures and boundaries of the zone and specifies the operations that will be authorised therein. 2. Th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 289

…e;3° Processing, working or additional labour, under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down for inward processing;4° Disposal or release for consumption, in accordance with the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 280

On the death of the debtor spouse, payment of the compensatory allowance, whatever its form, is deducted from the estate. The payment is borne by all the heirs, who are not personally liable for it, u…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 288

…ction of national treasures of artistic, historical or archaeological value, or the protection of industrial and commercial property. 3. Access to free zones may be restricted by decree to certain goo…

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

Article 284

I. - Any person who has been authorised to receive goods or services duty free, tax suspended under article 277 A or under the benefit of a reduced rate is liable to pay the tax or the additional tax,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-283

…ness in the trades and crafts sector under the derogation conditions provided for in the article 26 du décret n° 98-247 du 2 avril 1998 relatif à la qualification artisanale et au secteur des métiers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Declarations of existence and accounts

Article 286

…end of each day when they are less than €76 for retail sales and services rendered to private individuals. The amount of transactions entered in the book is totalled at the end of the month.The book p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Revenue declarations

Article 287

…amount of transactions carried out and, on the other hand, details of taxable transactions. The tax due is paid every month.These taxpayers may, at their request, be authorised, under conditions that…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-28

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 232-26 shall incur, in addition to the fine se…

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