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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Assessment of tax

Article 1478

…oducing electrical energy the business property tax is due from the time of connection to the network. These establishments are taxed, for the year of connection to the network, on the basis of the re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518

…s far as undeveloped properties are concerned, until the first six-yearly review, account will be taken of changes in rental values since 1st January 1961.II. - The coefficients referred to in I are s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

I. - Title III of Book I of Part Five is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, as are Articles L. 5141-1 to L. 5141-3 , subject to the adaptations set out in II. Articles L. 5132-6 and L. 5132-7 shall appl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8

…y.The same applies, under the same conditions:1° To members of non-trading companies which do not take, de jure or de facto, one of the forms of company referred to in 1 of article 206 and which, subj…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

…nations as a result of the death of the policyholder, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations will make the deductions provided for in I of article 990 I or I of article 990 I bis of the French General…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater L

…ancy firm, or after an opinion from the national registration commission provided for in Article 42 bis of Ordinance no. 45-2138 of 19 September 1945 establishing the Ordre des experts-comptables and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1767

1. Companies that fail to comply with the requirements set out in article 243 bis are liable to a tax fine equal to 5% of the amount of income concerned, which may not exceed €750 per distribution. Co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-7-1

Industrial property attorneys may practise their profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 rela…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Customs presentation of products subject to certain movement restrictions in trade with other Member States of the European Community.

Article 468

…Where the goods are also subject to a consignment order under the conditions set out in article 322 bis, this order may only be issued once the control operations have actually been undertaken.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

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