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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1679 bis

Any person, association or body that has not paid the payroll tax for which it is liable within the prescribed time limits shall be personally taxed by means of a notice of assessment of a sum equal t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 279 bis

…Pornographic theatrical performances, as well as transfers of rights relating to these performances and their interpretation, designated by the Minister responsible for culture following the opinion o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Civil liability insurance for hunters

Article Annexe art A230-7

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

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Civil liability insurance for hunters

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
Section I: Compulsory tax

Article 1584 bis

…ipal council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of the additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax by up to 0.5% for the transfers referred to in 1° of 1 of article 1584, when th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 bis

1. The rules concerning the contribution collected in respect of the participation of employers in the construction effort are defined in articles

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French Customs CodeIn force
E. - Fifth class.

Article 413 bis

…ny infringement of the provisions of a of 1 of Article 53 ; 2° Any refusal to provide the documents and information requested by customs officers in the exercise of the right of disclosure provided fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

Companies which, having subscribed to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 bis

The salaries paid to apprentices with a contract that meets the conditions laid down by the French Employment Code, as well as the bonus mentioned in article L. 124-6 of the French Education Code paid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 100 bis

…declaration regime, be determined by subtracting, from the average revenue for the year of taxation and the two previous years, the average expenditure for these same years. Taxpayers who adopt this m…

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