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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283 bis

I.-The provisions of this article shall apply, regardless of their place of establishment, to undertakings which, in their capacity as online platform operators, bring persons into contact with each o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 285 A

For transactions relating to the exploitation of the assets or rights of a trust estate, the trustee is considered as a separate taxpayer for each trust contract, except for the assessment of the limi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G: Special rates

Article 281 quater

Value added tax is levied at the rate of 2.10% in respect of receipts from admissions to the first theatrical performances of newly created dramatic, lyrical, musical or choreographic works or classic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ac: Record-keeping

Article 286 quater

I.-1. Every taxable person shall keep a register of goods dispatched or transported, by himself or on his behalf, to the territory of another Member State of the European Union and intended in that St…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G : Claim for refund of value added tax borne in another Member State

Article 289 D

Taxable persons established in France may apply for a refund of the value added tax borne in another Member State under the conditions laid down in Council Directive 2008/9/EC of 12 February 2008 layi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-28

When issuing an investigation decision in order to obtain technical assistance from a Member State for the purpose of setting up a telecommunications interception, the magistrate shall specify in his…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-28

Following notification of the European arrest warrant, if he decides not to release the wanted person, the public prosecutor shall present him to the first president of the court of appeal or the judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-28

When the person claimed appears before the investigating chamber pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 696-27, the president of the chamber shall establish his identity and take his statements, a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-28

For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences referred to in Article 706-26, the visits, searches and seizures provided for by Article 59 may be carried out outside the hours provide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-28

If several confiscation orders issued against the same person relate either to a sum of money and that person does not have sufficient assets in France for all the orders to be enforced, or to the sam…

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