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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of direct taxes and similar charges by bank transfer or direct debit

Article 1681 sexies

1. Subject to 2,3 and 4, where their amount exceeds €50,000, taxes payable under the conditions set out in article 1663 shall be paid, at the taxpayer's option, by direct transfer to the Treasury acco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Business value added tax

Article 1679 septies

…second instalments is calculated on the basis of the value added mentioned in the last income tax return required pursuant to Article 53 A on the date of payment of the instalments. Where applicable,…

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

Article R50 sexies

…ake an oath in these terms before the court of appeal referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 50 quater: "I swear to maintain the secrecy of information on judicial cases and on the actions o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 173 sexies

The Director General of Customs and Indirect Taxation may, where circumstances justify, and subject to the provisions relating to value added tax, allow temporary admission accounts to be regularised:…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Operator obligations

Article 1565 septies

…collected and controlled according to the rules, guarantees and sanctions specific to indirect taxes.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duties - Land registration tax

Article 1599 sexies

There is levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region an additional tax on the registration duties or land registration tax payable on transfers for valuable consideration, other than those ment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Tax for the development of vocational training in the car, cycle and motorbike repair trades

Article 1609 sexvicies

…ceships, and continuing vocational training in the automobile, cycle and motorbike repair professions.The tax is payable by companies whose main or secondary activity is the repair, maintenance, fitti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIe: Special arrangements for those liable for tax on services provided by electronic communications operators

Article 1693 sexies

…vely, to one twelfth or one quarter of the amount of tax due in respect of the previous calendar year. The additional tax due on the basis of the declaration referred to in V of article 302 bis KH is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-39-1

When the burial of the urn in a private property is terminated, the person who has custody of it must comply with the provisions of Article L. 2223-18-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of the request

Article R2333-120-32 septies

Where the original of a document communicated by electronic means has been drawn up on paper, the president of the bench or the magistrate in charge of the investigation may order its production at an…

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