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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Overseas departments

Article 296 quater

Not applicable in Guadeloupe, Réunion and Martinique: 1° Les articles 298 sexdecies G and 298 sexdecies H; 2° The other provisions relating to value added tax insofar as they refer to transactions car…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Overseas departments

Article 296 ter

In the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion, value added tax is levied at the reduced rate in respect of:a) Construction work on progressive social housing, financed under the conditions…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Calculation for broadcasting on television services

Article 211-29

Sums are calculated for the broadcast, on television services whose publishers are subject to the tax provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Entertainment venues

Article 290 quater

I. - In venues where shows with an admission charge are organised, the operators must issue a ticket to each spectator or record and keep in a computerised system the data relating to admission, befor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Building work

Article 290 quinquies

Any provision of services including the execution of real estate work, whether or not accompanied by a sale, supplied to private individuals by a person liable for value added tax, must be the subject…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-29

In arrondissements where a caisse des écoles has been set up, the arrondissement mayor chairs this body. The representatives of the commune or the City of Paris on this body are appointed by the arron…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Operations involving manufactured tobacco

Article 298 sexdecies

In the departments of Réunion, Martinique and Guadeloupe, trade margins subsequent to manufacture or importation remain excluded from value added tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Operations involving manufactured tobacco

Article 298 quindecies

As regards tobacco imported into the departments of mainland France, the value added tax which has been charged on the components of their price is deductible from the tax due in respect of other taxa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Operations involving manufactured tobacco

Article 298 quaterdecies

I. - Transactions involving manufactured tobacco are subject to value added tax under the conditions of ordinary law, subject to the provisions below.II. - The chargeable event for the value added tax…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-29

When the performance of the following services requires a lead time in excess of the reference period specified in the table below, it shall give rise to the collection of an additional session fee un…

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