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Showing 18311840 of 1884 articles for Art. 41 ZZ ter

French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

…nth following the start of activity in the employment area. Taxpayers who set up a business on or after 1 January 2014 benefit from the exemption referred to in the first sentence in respect of profit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-3

…n under Book VI of the French Commercial Code, creditors holding a preferential right, pledge, collateral security or mortgage contribute to the distribution in proportion to their admitted claims: 1°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies G

…ss in the EU or has a fixed establishment there but who has not established his business within the territory of the Member State of consumption and does not have a fixed establishment there. The Memb…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 975

…ricultural or liberal activity of a partnership subject to income tax mentioned in articles 8 and 8 ter in which the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of I of this article carry out their main…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

I. - Property expenses deductible in determining net income include:1° For urban properties:a) Repair and maintenance expenses actually borne by the owner;a bis) Insurance premiums;a ter) The amount o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-29

I. - The tax potential of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status is determined by adding together the following amounts:1° The product determined by applying th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-48

…34 may be reduced. These instruments may also be converted into equity securities mentioned in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or into other forms of ownership. This reduction and conversion take pl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-11

…rticle A. 743-8 give rise to the collection of the following fees:The services relating to the register of beneficial owners give rise to the collection of a fixed fee in accordance with the table bel…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis

…hout 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 greater t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 octies

…transaction takes place during the tax year.II. - 1. The amount of value added is the subject, no later than the second working day following 1st May of the year following that in respect of which the…

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