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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 A

Services essential to the use of movable or immovable property and provided to their members by legal entities designated in article 239 octies in return for, independently of contributions, the stric…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 262

…y of goods dispatched or transported by the seller or on his behalf, outside the European Community and the supply of services directly linked to the export;2° the supply of goods dispatched or transp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 D

The following are exempt from value added tax:1° Rentals of land and buildings for agricultural use;1° bis Rentals of buildings resulting from a lease conferring a right in rem;2° Rentals of undevelop…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 262 bis

The single services mentioned in III of article 257 ter are exempt from value added tax for the part of these services relating to services performed outside the European Union.(Cf. Instruction 1996-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 262 ter

…value added tax purposes in a Member State other than that in which the dispatch or transport began and who has provided the supplier with his value added tax identification number.The exemption does…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to hazardous substances and mixtures.

Article L1342-3

…fidentiality with regard to third parties of information covered by industrial secrecy is preserved and the conditions under which the marketing, advertising and use of dangerous substances and mixtur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to hazardous substances and mixtures.

Article L1342-1

…up a single declaration in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Third parties

Article L123-1

…penalty of a fine, without prejudice to damages. Under the same conditions, a third party in whose hands a seizure has been made may also be ordered to pay the costs of the seizure, subject to recours…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Third parties

Article R123-1

Unless otherwise provided, when an enforcement measure or a precautionary measure is taken against a third party on the basis of a judgment, only the operative part of the judgment is brought to the t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Funds repayable from the public

Article L312-2

…deemed to be funds repayable by the public. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat specifies the conditions and limits under which issues of debt securities may be treated as collections of repayable funds fr…

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