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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 196 A bis

Any taxpayer may consider as dependent, within the meaning of article 196, provided that they live under his roof, persons holding the "mobility inclusion" card bearing the "invalidity" mention provid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article Annexe art A230-6

(Name and registered office of the company and compulsory information) Certificate of hunting liability insurance The insurance company named above...... hereby certifies that M......, residing at....…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Insufficient declaration

Article 1729-0 A

I. - A surcharge of 80% shall apply to the duties due in the event of a rectification due to:a) Sums appearing or having appeared on one or more accounts that should have been declared pursuant to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° : Private deeds - Filing a duplicate at the office

Article 849

Parties who draw up a private deed subject to registration within a specified period must draw up a duplicate copy bearing the same signatures as the deed itself, which remains deposited with the tax…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-11-2

I.-The payment of legal fees to the benefit of a recipient body or a competent authority shall be made by the declarant to the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 using the following means:a) By…

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French Commercial codeIn force
SCHEDULE 5-3 (Annex to Article A. 526-6)

Article Annexe

MODEL OF DEED OF WAIVER OF PROTECTION OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF AN INDIVIDUAL ENTREPRENEUR I.-Identity of the sole trader waiving protection of his personal assets and of the beneficiary of the waiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notification to economic operators of a non-conformity

Article R4314-10

I.-The market surveillance authority shall inform the economic operator concerned of any evidence it has of non-conformity of work equipment or personal protective equipment and shall, where appropria…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-61-1

A standard model for the annual accounts confidentiality statement provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111-1 is set out in Annex 1-5 to this book.A standard model for the declaration…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies A

1. An income tax reduction is introduced for taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who invest in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Simultaneous application of several penalties

Article 1729 A bis

I. - Fines or surcharges imposed on legal entities for serious breaches characterised by an amount of evaded duties of at least €50,000 and the use of a fraudulent manoeuvre, within the meaning of b a…

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