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Showing 6170 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 C

…l as the legal claims, reports and declarations referred to in 2 of Article 37 of the same decree ; 13° For the publication of decisions and deeds recording withdrawals referred to in d of 4° of Artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 C

…eferred to in Article 1(2) of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to unde…

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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
Section I: General information

Article 205 C

…a reverse hybrid scheme is incorporated or established in France, its income shall be taxed, as the case may be, either under corporation tax or under the conditions provided for in Article 8 of this…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 C

…e income tax reduction provided for in that same article, its investment quota provided for, as the case may be, in I of article L. 214-30 of the Monetary and Financial Code, in I of l'article L. 214-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 784 C

In the case of gradual or residual gifts as referred to in articles 1048 to 1061 of the Civil Code, at the time of the transmission, the legatee or donee established first is liable for transfer dutie…

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

Article 1651 C

For the determination 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, i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 C

…within the meaning of Article 238-0 A of this Code ;b) To employees who, by application of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 C

…ay request the deferral of payment of a maximum of three instalments to the next instalment, in the case of monthly payment, or of one instalment to the next, in the case of an option for quarterly pa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe C

…e debtor entity. >. 4. For each of the services rendered, the precise description, depending on the case, of the unit prices and the quantities or the fixed prices. 5. The amount and rate of value add…

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