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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 990 I bis

…the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, were owed, directly or indirectly, by one or more insurance and similar bodies due to the death of the insured or due to the maturity of a life insurance contra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis I

…aluation is compulsory for companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and for companies in which a company whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis I

1. Remuneration paid to apprentices by companies employing ten or fewer employees is exempt from payroll tax. 2. (Repealed for salaries paid from 1 January 1996). 3. For companies other than those men…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I bis

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty the acquisition of buildings that the purchaser undertakes to allocat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 568 bis

…rticle 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 departmental council…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 572 bis

…l selling price of products sold by the resellers referred to in the first paragraph of article 568 and products delivered to travellers by the purchaser-resellers designated in the twelfth paragraph…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 522 bis

Only gold articles with a fineness of 375 thousandths or more may be labelled "gold" when marketed at the retail stage to private individuals.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 bis

Customs officers and all persons whose duties or responsibilities require them to carry out functions in any capacity whatsoever at the central administration or in the external customs services or wh…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

…e L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code of Criminal Proc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 bis

…the passenger vehicles within the meaning of Article L. 421-2 of the French code of taxes on goods and services that have been included in their assets or for which the company has assumed the costs…

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