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Showing 18911900 of 43947 articles for Art. CE 2-2-1934 n° 30492

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

Article 221

…e creation of a new legal entity, contribution to a company, merger, transfer of the registered office or an establishment to a foreign State other than a Member State of the European Union or a State…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 299

…ms collected by businesses in the digital sector defined in III, in return for the provision in France, over the course of a calendar year, of the services defined in II.II.-The taxable services are:1…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Sales.

Article 251

…ration that results in the loss of the francisation of a mortgaged vessel is prohibited, with the exception of the suspension of the francisation referred to in article L. 5112-1-7 of the French Trans…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 208

…rder of the customs territory and a line situated two kilometres inside the line of the customs offices and brigades closest to the foreign country, animals in the categories designated by order of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2521

Without prejudice to other rights the registration of which is provided for by the provisions of this code, other codes or civil legislation applicable to Mayotte, the following are registered in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Equity loans granted by the State.

Article L313-20

The amount of each equity loan granted by the State is made public each year.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 295

…e limits of each of the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion;2° Sales and imports of rice into the department of Réunion;3° (Repealed)4° (Repealed)5° In the departments of Guadeloupe, Mar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297

…3° of A of Article 278-0 bis and Article 278 bis relating to products delivered in Corsica;The services referred to in B, C, and E to H of Article 278-0 bis and in a to b nonies of article 279 ;3° (Pr…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 27

…e in which they are located at the time it becomes applicable to them. 2. However, the customs service may authorise the separation of goods which, in the same consignment, have deteriorated as a resu…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative regime for ships

Article 235

…transfers its port of registry to another part of the same territory is required to pay any difference that may exist between the customs duties, duties and taxes, other than those mentioned in the co…

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