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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

I. - Any tax, duty or charge provided for in this Code that has not been paid within the legal time limit shall give rise to the payment of interest on arrears.Interest for late payment applies from t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 bis

The taxpayers referred to in Article 53 A are required to provide, at the same time as the income tax return for each financial year, a statement indicating the allocation of each of the passenger veh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 834 bis

Capital increases or reductions made necessary by the conversion of companies' capital into euros are exempt from registration duty.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 732 bis

Acquisitions of corporate rights made by a company created with a view to acquiring another company under the conditions provided for in Article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0A: General provisions

Article 718 bis

When effected by deed executed abroad, transfers of holdings in legal entities with a preponderance of real estate assets as defined in 2° of I of Article 726 are subject to registration duty under th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 H-0 bis

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration fees the acquisition of housing previously acquired from low-income housing organisations under the con…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-17

…ferred to in article R. 332-3-3 is constituted by pledging the securities referred to in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 2° quater, 3°, 4°, 8° and 9° bis of article R. 332-2. These securities are deposited in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 572 bis

The retail selling price of products sold by the resellers referred to in the first paragraph of article 568 and products delivered to travellers by the purchaser-resellers designated in the twelfth p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 568 bis

As an exception to Article 568, in the overseas departments, from 1 January 2019 only persons who are qualified traders and hold a licence granted on behalf of the department by the president of the d…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis

I.-Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 60 to 60-10, 61, 62, 63, 63 bis, 63 ter and 64, in order to establish customs offences, if the penalty incurred is equal to or gre…

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