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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 octodecies

Customs officers and officers placed under the authority of the Minister for Industry or the Minister for Defence and tasked with implementing the Paris Convention of 13 January 1993 on the Prohibitio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 octies

During the period of activity in the customs administration's operational reserve, the reservist customs officer is entitled, for himself and his dependants, to sickness, maternity, invalidity and dea…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 octies

Customs officers and officers of the Directorate-General for Risk Prevention and its decentralised departments are authorised, for the purposes of their duties to monitor waste treatment conditions an…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 octies

…g the fraction of this weight below this threshold;3 (Paragraph repealed with effect from 1 January 2005) ;(4) (Repealed)5. The weight of washing preparations, including auxiliary washing preparations…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

I. - Pursuant to Article 79(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 octies

Officials of the administrations of the other Member States, duly authorised by the requesting authority through a written mandate and authorised by the French administration, may assist the administr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 octodecies

I. Payments of sums of money and the allocation of property or rights made in performance of the compensatory allowance under the conditions and according to the procedures defined in articles 274 and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies

I. - Capital gains realised up to a date to be set by decree (1), but no earlier than 1 January 1972, by companies subject to income tax as industrial and commercial profits or corporation tax, on the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 octies

…s in kind mentioned in the first paragraph granted during a financial year opened until 31 December 2023.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 281 octies

Value added tax is levied at the rate of 2.10% on deliveries of magistral preparations, officinal medicines, medicines or pharmaceutical products defined in article L. 5121-8 of the Public Health Code…

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