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Showing 5160 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Vb: Tax on the sale for valuable consideration of bare land that has been made buildable

Article 1605 nonies

…ghts relating to bare land made constructible as a result of their classification, after 13 January 2010, by a local town planning plan or by another town planning document in lieu thereof, in an urba…

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

Article 59 novodecies

…se of their respective missions relating to border crossings, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2c: Marine fishing companies

Article 44 nonies

…subject to a real tax regime, who set up for the first time between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2010, are determined, for the first sixty months of activity, after deduction of a 50% allowance. To…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

…ames marketed in physical distribution networks and online mentioned in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses. Gross gaming revenu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

…es 8 and 8 ter, subject in his name to income tax in the category of actual agricultural profits, industrial or commercial profits or non-commercial profits, his rights or shares in the company are co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contractual tax exemptions and approvals

Article 1649 nonies

…ompletion of the transaction giving rise to it.Orders by the Minister may institute simplified procedures and delegate decision-making authority to tax administration officials with at least the rank…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 nonies

…e Commission nationale des comptes de campagne et des financements politiques instituted in Article L. 52-14 of the Electoral Code finds that a political party or grouping is in breach of the obligati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12. Development tax.

Article 1679 nonies

…velopment tax pays: 1° A first advance payment equal to 50% of the amount of the development tax; > 2° A second instalment equal to 35% of the amount of the development tax; By way of derogation from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 nonies

…of determining the business value added levy, the value added of establishments benefiting from a reduction in their net business property tax base pursuant to article 1466 F is subject, at the compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-70-2

A certificate of professional experience is drawn up by the employer and given to the employee at his or her request or no later than one month before the end of the initiative-emploi contract.

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