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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Payment of tax

Article 1724 quater

Any person who fails to carry out the checks provided for in Article L. 8222-1 of the Labour Code or who has been convicted of having used, directly or through an intermediary, the services of a perso…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Privilege of the Treasury and its publicity

Article 1929 quater

1. Amounts still owed on a preferential basis by traders and legal entities governed by private law, even if they are not traders, in respect of income tax, tax on the profits of companies and other l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater

…talment is paid when the tax due for the previous year is declared. The second instalment is paid : 1° For taxpayers liable for value added tax subject to the normal actual taxation system mentioned i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1638 quater

…attachment of a commune to a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation subject to Article 1609 nonies C or following a transformation under the conditions provided for in Article L. 5211-41-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing certain bodies and companies

Article 1655 quater

…onservation of the stock of petroleum products provided for in articles L. 642-2, L. 642-4 and L. 651-1 of the Energy Code and whose articles of association are approved by decree, is exempt from corp…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 173 quater

…case of temporary admission for inward processing, the orders and decisions provided for in Article 169 above may authorise: a) the offsetting of temporary admission accounts by products resulting fro…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: Continental shelf and economic zone.

Article 196 quater

Products extracted from the continental shelf or the exclusive economic zone are considered as extracted from a new part of the customs territory.For the purposes of tax legislation, the same products…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Agricultural organisations

Article 1028 quater

Agreements concluded pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 142-6 and article L. 181-38 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime are exempt from registration duties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1133 quater

Subject to the provisions of Article 1020, deeds recording the formation, amendment or termination of a trust contract or recording the transfer of additional property or rights to the trustee are sub…

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

Article 1609 quatertricies

…declared, liquidated, collected and controlled in accordance with the provisions of the articles L. 137-20, L. 137-21, L. 137-22, L. 137-23, L. 137-25 and L. 137-26 of the Social Security Code.

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