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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1813

…0 shall be imposed on anyone who, not being the holder of the exemption provided for in Article 311 bis, has, in a professional capacity, used a mobile distillation apparatus; b. Any infringement of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-10

The amount of the fees and commissions mentioned in the second paragraph of VII of article 885-0 V bis of the General Tax Code charged in respect of the same payment mentioned in 1 to 3 of I or 1 of I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-28

…the application of Article L. 2334-4 with regard to revenues collected by the City of Paris: 1° 1° bis is worded as follows: "1° bis La fraction du produit net de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée prévue…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-2

A company may only grant a loan as referred to in 3a of article L. 511-6 if the following four conditions are met: 1° On the closing date of each of the two financial years preceding the date on which…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Professional capital gains

Article 93 quater

…article 39 quindecies, the rate applicable to the transactions mentioned in this paragraph is 10%.I bis. (Repealed for royalties taken into account from 1st January 2002 in the results of grantors and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…e de la fonction publique and to other supplementary pension schemes, to which the provisions of 1° bis of l'article 83, in force until 1st January 2004, had been extended before this date, constitute…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed measures

Article R15-33-41-1

The obligation laid down in 4° bis of article 41-2 to follow a rehabilitation and awareness programme involving the installation of an alcohol ignition interlock device on his vehicle at his own expen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R526-10-1

…ment pursuant to Article L. 526-7 and benefiting from the schemes provided for in articles 50-0, 64 bis and 102 ter du code général des impôts tiennent:1° Un livre des recettes et, lorsque la nature d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Identification and verification of the identity of the beneficial owner

Article R561-9

…ares of a collective investment scheme through the intermediary of a person referred to in 1° to 6° bis of Article L. 561-2 who is not established on the territory of another Member State of the Europ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478

…tor is taxed for the year of the change on the bases relating to the activity of his predecessor.IV bis. - Repealed.V. - The rental value is corrected according to the period of activity for the opera…

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