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Showing 2130 of 56760 articles for Art. n°² 96-17.280 and 97-13.423

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 nonies

…the benefit of the tax reduction provided for in 3 of article 200 of the present code for donations and contributions made to it, with effect from the following year.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 N

…881 M are applicable to formalities concerning buildings located in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Abolition of tax benefits for businesses in the event of non-compliance with value added tax reporting obligations

Article 302 nonies

…fs 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 declarations relating to the financial yea…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 nonies

…ect to the obligations set out in Chapter I of Title II of Book I of the General Civil Service Code and benefit, where applicable, from the protection set out in Chapters I, III and IV of Title III of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

…ofessional activity within the framework of a company whose profits are, pursuant to the articles 8 and 8 ter, subject in his name to income tax in the category of actual agricultural profits, industr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12. Development tax.

Article 1679 nonies

Where the surface area of the construction within the meaning of 1° of article 1635 quater H and article 1635 quater I is greater than or equal to 5,000 square metres, the person liable for the develo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 96

…witnesses. The investigating judge must comply with the provisions of the Articles 57 (paragraph 2) and 59. However, it is obliged to take all appropriate measures in advance to ensure that profession…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…s :A-0.-The authorisations mentioned in each of the rows of the tables in the second paragraph of a and b of A of this 1 and in the second and third rows of the table in the second paragraph of B of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 97

…en it is necessary, during the course of an investigation, to search for documents or computer data and subject to the requirements of the investigation and compliance, where applicable, with the obli…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Establishment of a lawyer and submissions.

Article 961

The parties' submissions shall be signed by their lawyer and served in the same way as notifications between lawyers. They are not admissible until the information mentioned in paragraph 2 of the prev…

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