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Showing 2130 of 27388 articles for Art. CJEU – C-828/18 – 4 June 2020

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 C

…al credit banks mentioned in article L. 512-21 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 3° bis (Repealed)4° To interest, agios, remuneration for securities lending carried out under the conditions provided…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-4 du code de la consommation

…digital content or digital service cannot be brought into conformity at no cost to the consumer; > 4° The digital content or digital service cannot be brought into conformity at no cost to the consum…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 259 C

The place of supply of the following services is also deemed to be in France when they are supplied to non-taxable persons and the actual use or exploitation of these services takes place in France:1°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 C

…ncial Code and repos carried out under the conditions provided for in articles L. 211-27 to L. 211-34 of the same code;b. The negotiation and assumption of commitments, sureties and other securities a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIIa: Basic excess

Article 293 C

…ions subject to value added tax by virtue of an option provided for in Articles 260,260 A et 260 B. 4° To the supply of new means of transport carried out under the conditions provided for in Article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 C

…ovided for in articles L. 931-2-1 and L. 931-2-2 of the Social Security Code, to the article L. 111-4-2 du code de la mutualité as well as articles L. 322-1-2 and L. 322-1-3 and in 5° of Article L. 35…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 C

…nation of the market value used for the assessment of value added tax, in the cases provided for in 4° of 1 of Article L. 59 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, the commission comprises, in addition to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe C

…of performance of the services or delivery of the supplies and designation of the debtor entity. >. 4. For each of the services rendered, the precise description, depending on the case, of the unit pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

…ion period is extended to twenty-five years if the grant or loan decision is made between 1 July 2004 and 31 December 2026. The exemption provided for in this paragraph does not apply to housing acqui…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 C

With the exception of the levy mentioned in XIX of article 1647 made for the benefit of the State, the product of the tax on electricity production installations using mechanical wind energy at sea me…

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