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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1681

1. Instalment payments made by taxpayers are credited to the account opened in their name. 2. (Repealed).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679

The sums owed by employers in respect of the payroll tax referred to in article 231 must be remitted to the competent public accountant under the conditions and within the time limits that are set by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

The insurers contribute to the financing of the expenses mentioned in article L. 753-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime. This contribution is calculated in proportion to the number of people insu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 164

However, the President of the Republic may, for serious reasons, lift the prohibitions laid down: 1° By Article 161 to marriages between relatives in the direct line where the person who created the a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 169

1. Goods designated by order of the Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance and the ministers responsible may be imported under the temporary admission procedure, under the conditions laid down in t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Warranty in the event of eviction.

Article 1630

Where the guarantee has been promised, or where nothing has been stipulated on the subject, if the purchaser is evicted, he is entitled to claim against the seller: 1° The restitution of the price; 2°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Local Direct Tax Commission

Article 1650

…om a list of taxpayers, in duplicate, meeting the above conditions, drawn up by the municipal council.The commissioners and their alternates are appointed in such a way that persons liable for propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV : Provisions applicable to import taxes, petroleum products and removal from warehouses

Article 1695

I. - Value added tax is declared and collected when it becomes due, for the following transactions:1° Imports for which the person liable is a non-taxable person not identified in accordance with the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special instalment scheme

Article 1693

Value added tax payers authorised to have the additional period of one month provided for in 2 of Article 287 to submit the declaration referred to in 1 of the same article are required to pay, by way…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663

…onditions provided for in Articles 201, 202, 204 and in Article 2 221 are immediately payable in full. By way of exception, the amount due by companies that have opted for the regime of II of Article…

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