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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Assessment of tax

Article 221 bis

…for the regime provided for in Article 208 C for their fixed assets other than those referred to in IV of l'article 219, if they undertake to calculate any capital gains realised at a later date on th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 0-II bis: Reduction in property tax on undeveloped land relating to plots farmed by young farmers

Article 1647-00 bis

…scope taken, each insofar as it is concerned, under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, by the territorial authorities and their groupings with their own tax system, a rebate is grant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

…real estate located in the areas of intervention of the Conservatoire de l'espace littoral et des rivages lacustres defined in Article L. 322-1 of the Environment Code, whose location and ecological…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Payment of duties

Article 1702 bis

…everal departments responsible for land registration, either the registration of the same deed not giving rise to the merged formality and subject to the land registration tax at the fixed rate, or th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of economic and financial offences

Article R50 bis

…6 are appointed for a renewable term of three years. The duties of a specialist assistant are exclusive of any other remunerated professional activity, with the exception of teaching.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478 bis

…nal cooperation with their own tax system taken under the conditions defined in I of article 1639 A bis. The exemption applies to the entire share of the tax due to each municipality or public inter-m…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: On import.

Article 35 bis

Where the declared value is lower than the customs value without the declaration of the elements of the value being vitiated by inaccuracy or omission as regards the points of fact and in the absence…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 63 bis

…me visit artificial islands, installations and structures on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. They may also visit means of transport involved in their exploration or the explo…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60 bis

Where there are serious indications that a person is carrying narcotics concealed in his or her body, customs officers may subject the person to medical screening tests after first obtaining the perso…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 61 bis

…cers shall immobilise, under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State, non-Community civilian and military dual-use items bound for a country that is not a member of the European Union,…

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