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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 286

A free zone is any territorial enclave established for the purpose of treating goods therein as not being in the customs territory for the application of customs duties and taxes to which they are lia…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 288

1. Subject to the provisions of 2, 3 and 4 below, goods of any kind, irrespective of their quantity and irrespective of their country of origin, provenance or destination, are admitted to free zones.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286

I.-Any person liable for value added tax must:1° Within fifteen days of commencing its operations, submit to the office designated by an order a declaration in accordance with the model provided by th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 287

1. Any taxpayer liable for value added tax identified in accordance with the combined provisions of articles 286 ter and 286 ter A is required to submit to the tax department to which he belongs and w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 284

I. - Any person who has been authorised to receive goods or services duty free, tax suspended under article 277 A or under the benefit of a reduced rate is liable to pay the tax or the additional tax,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

1. Value added tax must be paid by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended.However, where…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-2

The delegation contract is amended in the event of the partial withdrawal of a delegation entrusted to a federation. It is also amended when changes to the documents appended to the contract are such…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-28

At their request, the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique will hear the mayor of the municipality in which the cinema is to be located, the author of the application for authorisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-28

The competent magistrate must inform the interested party of his decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt within two months of receipt of the request. This period is extended to f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-28

Any experts appointed by the Chairman of the College shall send their draft report to the claimant and, where applicable, to the claimant's counsel, who shall have a period of fifteen days in which to…

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