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

Article 285 octies

…ducts, amending Regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section X: Application procedures

Article 298 octodecies

…of this chapter:1° Products subject to excise duty are understood within the meaning of article L. 311-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services; 2° Alcoholic beverages are understood to be within…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G: Special rates

Article 281 octies

…the Social Security Code or which are approved under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5123-2 and L. 5123-3 of the Public Health Code as well as, when prepared from blood or its components,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 octies

…shold is exceeded is taken into account, including the fraction of this weight below this threshold;3 (Paragraph repealed with effect from 1 January 2005) ;(4) (Repealed)5. The weight of washing prepa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Capital gains realised by companies on the construction and sale of buildings used mainly for residential purposes

Article 238 octies

…struction of buildings under conditions set by an order of the Minister of the Economy and Finance (3). In the event that the re-investment having been made in the purchase of land, the conditions set…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 octies

…receives from the Court of Audit the declaration referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 143-2 of the French Financial Jurisdictions Code, it may, by decree issued under the conditions laid d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

…up to a percentage at least equal to that mentioned in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 214-30 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The assets of the fund, the société de libre partenariat or t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 octies

…mpany must mention the address of the buildings let or sold in the declaration mentioned in 1 of II;3° The declarations mentioned in 1 of II of this article and in the last paragraph of Article 1679 s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

I. - Phonographic production companies within the meaning of Article L. 213-1 of the Intellectual Property Code, subject to corporation tax, are eligible for a tax credit in respect of expenditure on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 octies

Construction premiums allocated pursuant to article R. 311-1 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation are not included in the results of the financial year in progress on the date of their pa…

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