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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Other product-related offences

Article L451-16

In the event of conviction for acts punishable under articles L. 451-9 to L. 451-12, the court may also order the judgment to be displayed and distributed under the conditions set out in article 131-3…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-16

…agents order the measures following these controls defined in Articles 19 to 21 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004, as amended, on official…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 160 bis

…of open-ended investment companies and open-ended real estate investment companies mentioned in 3° nonies of the article 208 for the repurchase of their shares are not considered as distributed incom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis

…on the amount of the capital less an allowance of 10%. This levy is applicable when the payment is not split into instalments and the beneficiary can prove that the contributions paid during the peri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…governed by the Insurance Code, or set up by the bodies mentioned in VII of article 5 of Ordinance no. 2001-350 of 19 April 2001 relating to the Mutual Code and transposing Council Directives 92/49/E…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 B

…come from businesses located in France; d. Income from professional activities, whether salaried or not, carried out in France or profit-making operations within the meaning of the article 92 and carr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
h: Cash subscriptions to the capital of approved small-scale fishing finance companies

Article 163 duovicies

…cle 238 bis HO made before 1 January 2009 is deductible from overall net income; this deduction may not exceed 25% of this income, up to an annual limit of €19,000 for single, widowed or divorced taxp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 D

…collection and litigation of the tax. However, the obligation to appoint a tax representative does not apply to persons whose tax domicile is in another Member State of the European Union or in anoth…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 A

The French source income of persons who do not have their tax domicile in France is determined according to the rules applicable to income of the same nature received by persons who have their tax dom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 160 A

…enefit of these provisions is subject to this agreement. IV.-The advantages provided for in III are no longer applicable from the year in which one of the conditions provided for in article 220 quater…

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