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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 216 bis

Interest and income received after 31 December 1955 on A shares in Société nationale des chemins de fer français which remain blocked after that date in the assets of the former concessionary companie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 223 bis

…ke a request in the income tax return for the financial year in which the said compensation is paid and provide, in support of their request, all relevant evidence.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Discount rights.

Article 390 bis

1. In order to take account of the resources and expenses of debtors or other special circumstances in the case of those whose profession is to carry out customs formalities on behalf of others, total…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 1379 bis

The taxation and assessment rules, as well as those relating to the filing of returns, provided for by this code with regard to direct local taxes for the taxpayers mentioned in the second paragraph o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 : Land registration tax

Article 743 bis

…f more than twelve years under the conditions provided for in 2 of Article L. 313-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the basis of assessment for the land registration tax is reduced by the amount o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 847 bis

…exempt from registration duties: 1° The deeds provided for in the Article 342-10 of the Civil Code and Article L. 2141-6 of the Public Health Code; 2° Documents acknowledging parentage drawn up under…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 848 bis

The fraction of shares in rural landholding groups, provided for by article L. 322-22 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime, representative of forestry assets and that representative of agricultur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 846 bis

Powers of attorney, mortgage releases and notarial deeds other than those recording usucapion are subject to a fixed land registration tax or, where applicable, a fixed registration fee of €25. The ra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1595 bis

…hapter III of Title III of Book I of the Tourism Code, an additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax payable on transfers for valuable consideration:1° of immovable property and im…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Destruction before trial of certain categories of goods.

Article 389 bis

…they are unfit for consumption, or which cannot be kept without risk of deterioration; the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the goods are located or the investiga…

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