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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Obligations specific to the registration formality

Article 857

…ard shall mention this and state the amount of duty paid, the date of payment and the name of the public service where it was paid; in the event of omission and in the case of a deed subject to formal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies C

I. - The public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in 1 of III of Article 1379-0 bis are substituted for the member municipalities for the provisions relating to the business pro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Recording of sums calculated on the basis of availability to the public on subscription on-demand audiovisual media services

Article 721-20

The sums referred to in article 721-16 are entered in the automatic account for promotion abroad during the first half of each year.For each year, these sums are entered in the automatic account for p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-160

Compensation settlements in the event of expropriation for reasons of public utility (numbers 161 to 163 of table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° Before expropriation is pronou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article R3332-29

…second paragraph of article L. 3332-16, the following events may exceptionally result in the rights built up in favour of participants being unlocked before expiry of the term of the buy-back operatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 699

…ncession or lease with a view to rationalising their exploitation and increasing their productivity benefit from the tax regime laid down by Article 708, provided that the exchange deed expressly stat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 700

…h of article L. 312-11 of the French Mining Code concerning the transfer to the class of mines of substances previously subject to the legal quarrying regime, exchanges of ownership rights or exploita…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Provisions specific to certain agreements

Article 817 A

…article 816, of II of article 816 A and Article 817, in particular the definition of partial contributions of assets, mergers or transactions comparable, within the meaning of the Directive of 9 Apri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Other obligations

Article 865

Statements of costs drawn up by lawyers, bailiffs, court clerks, notaries commissioned must show separately, in a special column and for each disbursement, the amount of duties of any kind paid to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Other obligations

Article 864

…e or a deed of sale, exchange or division or a deed for the transfer of the right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease relating to all or part of an immovable property is required to inform…

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