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Showing 1120 of 6571 articles for Art. Cons. const. 12 Oct 2012 n° 2012-280 QPC

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1679 octies

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title IIa: Provisions common to direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 302 nonies

The income tax or corporation tax reliefs provided for in Articles 44 octies A, 44 terdecies, 44 quaterdecies, 44 quindecies, 44 sexdecies and 44 septdecies do not apply where one or more turnover dec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

…t, up to the ceiling set in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012.The levy is payable when the event or events on which the game is based take place. For lottery…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…ement system has been certified to the international standard ISO 50001 by an accredited body tonne 12 12 17 18 20 22 25 B.-Authorised plants with NOx emission values below 80 mg/Nm3 tonne 12 12 17 18…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 281 octies

…tral preparations, officinal medicines, medicines or pharmaceutical products defined in article L. 5121-8 of the Public Health Code, which meet the conditions of article L. 162-17 of the Social Securi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…the Council (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC…

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

Article 1586 nonies

…le, divided between these establishments according to the procedures set out in III of Article 1586 octies.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…mentioned in I to a company with which it is dependent within the meaning of Article 39, paragraph 12 and which allocates the property to an activity mentioned in the first paragraph of this II.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 novovicies

…cle 257 ;3° Housing that does not meet the decency requirements, as set out in the article 6 of law n° 89-462 of 6 July 1989 tending to improve rental relations and amending law n° 86-1290 of 23 Decem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 nonies

…redeemed the levy on rents, provided for by article 11 of the amending finance law for 1964 (no. 64-1278 of 23 December 1964); 8° buildings belonging to semi-public construction companies or whose pur…

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