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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals in seasonal employment

Article R421-59

The competent authorities shall provide the seasonal worker with written information on his or her rights and obligations under Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Depreciation of assets acquired on expiry of a leasing contract

Article 239 sexies C

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS CONCLUDED BEFORE 31 December 1995. The cost price of the asset acquired at the end of a leasing contract is increased by the sums reintegrated pursuant to articles 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies A

I.-The reduced rates referred to in II apply to self-deliveries of the following works: 1° Work to extend the premises or to bring the building to a new state within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of Art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special arrangements applicable to intra-Community distance sales of goods, to supplies of goods made in a Member State via electronic interfaces facilitating such supplies, and to services supplied by taxable persons established within the territory of the European Union but not in the Member State of consumption

Article 298 sexdecies G

I.-Any taxable person may take advantage of the special declaration and payment arrangements set out in this article if: 1° Who has established his place of business in France or has a permanent estab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies A

1. The following are exempt from value added tax: a. The supply, intra-Community acquisition and importation of investment gold, including where the investment gold is traded on gold accounts or in th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: System applicable to investment gold.

Article 298 sexdecies C

1. Taxable persons who make supplies of gold that are exempt pursuant to article 298 sexdecies A may deduct the value added tax that has been charged on: a. Their purchases of investment gold where th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis S

In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 3332-22 du code du travail, when a company carries out a capital increase reserved for members of a company savings scheme, the benefit constituted by t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-59

When an athlete designated to be tested fails to comply with all or part of the procedures described in article R. 232-49, including by refusing to complete the test report, the person in charge of te…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Water and sanitary installations

Article R1331-59

All rooms in collective accommodation that are occupied separately or used individually, and all tourist accommodation, have a point of running drinking water, the temperature of which can be regulate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Z sexies

The tax reduction defined in Article 244 quater Y is deducted from the corporation tax due in respect of the financial year during which the event giving rise to the tax reduction occurred. Any excess…

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