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Showing 110 of 27836 articles for Art. Décret n° 2021-300 du 18 mars 2021

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2021

When the trustee acts on behalf of the trust, he or she must expressly mention this. Similarly, when the trust assets include property or rights whose transfer is subject to publicity, the transfer mu…

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

Article 300

…article 287 filed in respect of the month of March or the first quarter of the year following that during which the tax became due; 2° For those liable for value added tax subject to the simplified a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Forgery as a principal claim.

Article 300

If a private document is alleged to be false as a principal claim, the summons shall state the grounds of falsity and summon the defendant to declare whether or not he intends to make use of the docum…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Consequences of legal separation

Article 300

Each of the separated spouses retains the use of the other's name. However, the legal separation agreement by private deed countersigned by lawyers filed with a notary, the legal separation judgment o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 300

If the defendants do not agree to challenge, the lot settles among themselves the rank in which they make the challenges. In this case, jurors challenged by one, and in that order, are challenged by a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Tax on the operators of electronic contact platforms for the provision of certain transport services

Article 300 quater

…chargeable event for the tax provided for in article 300 bis is the completion of the calendar year during which the matchmaking service referred to in the same article 300 bis is provided in France.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Tax on the operators of electronic contact platforms for the provision of certain transport services

Article 300 quinquies

…bis is based on the difference between the following amounts, assessed exclusive of value added tax during the calendar year in which the tax becomes due, insofar as the amounts in question relate to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Tax on the operators of electronic contact platforms for the provision of certain transport services

Article 300 ter

For the purposes of this chapter, France means metropolitan territory, the territories of the collectivities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 duodecies

…ese local authorities, for the application of 1° and 3° of the same I bis, the reference to the loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 defining rent-to-own property is replaced by the reference to the regul…

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

Article 300 bis

A tax is hereby introduced on the provision, in France, of services for putting people in contact with each other by electronic means with a view to carrying out economic transactions that meet the fo…

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