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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1761 bis

Taxpayers who have benefited from the tax credit provided for in article 200 quater in contravention of the provisions of c of 6 ter of the same article 200 quater shall be liable for a fine equal to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 268

With regard to the delivery of a building plot, or a transaction mentioned in 2° of 5 of article 261 for which the option provided for in 5° bis of article 260, if the acquisition by the transferor di…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Micro-farming scheme

Article 64 bis

I.-Subject to articles 76 and 76 A, the taxable profit of farmers who are not subject to the tax system defined in article 69 is determined in application of the present article.The taxable profit, be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Medicinal products initially prescribed in hospitals

Article R5121-88

Classification in the category of medicinal products subject to initial hospital prescription has the following effects:1° The initial prescription of the medicinal product is reserved :a) To a doctor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis

I. - 1. Financial securities lent by a company are taken in priority from securities of the same nature acquired or subscribed to at the most recent date.The claim representing the financial securitie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 B

At the close of each financial year, the sum of depreciation actually applied since the acquisition or creation of a given item may not be less than the cumulative amount of depreciation calculated us…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

1. In companies operating either a newspaper or a monthly or fortnightly magazine devoted for the most part to political information, provisions made from profits made during the financial years 1951…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

Companies which, having subscribed to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, w…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379 bis

1. Amounts still owed as preferential claims by merchants and legal entities governed by private law, even if they are not merchants, in respect of the claims listed in 1 of article 379, shall be disc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special provisions relating to inheritance

Article 802 bis

When the notary, mandated by the heirs, legatees or donees, their guardians or their curators, transmits a copy of the declaration provided for in I of Article 800 by means of an online service made a…

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