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Article 261 of the French General Tax Code

Exempt from value added tax: 1. (Business or transactions subject to another tax): 1° to 3° (Repealed); 4° commodity futures transactions carried out on a regulated market excluding those which determine the termination of the commodity chain; 5° (Repealed). 2. (Agriculture and fisheries): 1° (Repealed); 2° (Repealed); 3° services provided as part of mutual aid between farmers defined by articles L. 325-1 to L. 325-3 of the rural and maritime…

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Article 261 A of the French General Tax Code

Services essential to the use of movable or immovable property and provided to their members by legal entities designated in article 239 octies in return for, independently of contributions, the strict reimbursement of their share of common expenses, are exempt from value added tax under the conditions set out in the aforementioned article.

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Article 261 B of the French General Tax Code

Services provided to their members by groups formed by natural or legal persons carrying out an activity exempt from value added tax on the basis of 4, with the exception of 10°, and 7 of article 261, or for which they do not have the status of a taxable person, are exempt from this tax on condition that they contribute directly and exclusively to the performance of these transactions which…

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Article 261 C of the French General Tax Code

The following are exempt from value added tax: 1° Banking and financial transactions: a.The granting and negotiation of loans, the management of loans carried out by the person who granted them, securities lending carried out under the conditions provided for in articles L. 211-22 to L. 211-26 of the Monetary and Financial Code and repos carried out under the conditions provided for in articles L. 211-27 to L. 211-34 of…

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Article 261 D of the French General Tax Code

The following are exempt from value added tax: 1° Rentals of land and buildings for agricultural use; 1° bis Rentals of buildings resulting from a lease conferring a right in rem; 2° Rentals of undeveloped land and bare premises, with the exception of parking spaces for vehicles ; however, these provisions do not apply where the leases constitute a means for the lessor to continue, in another form, the operation…

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Article 261 E of the French General Tax Code

The following are exempt from value added tax: 1° The organisation of games of chance or gambling subject to the progressive levies mentioned in Article 1560 of this Code, Article L. 2333-56 of the General Local Authorities Code and 2 to 9 of II of Article 34 of Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 on the rectifying finances for 2017 ; 2° Le produit de l’exploitation de la loterie…

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Article 261 G of the French General Tax Code

Theatrical performances of a pornographic nature indicated in 2° of Article 279 bis may under no circumstances benefit from the exemptions from value added tax provided for by the legislative provisions in force. The same applies to transfers of rights relating to cinematographic films or videographic supports of pornographic works or works inciting to violence listed in 3° of Article 279 bis, and to admission fees for screenings during which…

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Article 262 of the French General Tax Code

I. – The following are exempt from value added tax: 1° the supply of goods dispatched or transported by the seller or on his behalf, outside the European Community and the supply of services directly linked to the export; 2° the supply of goods dispatched or transported by the purchaser who is not established in France, or on his behalf, outside the European Community, with the exception of capital goods…

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Article 262-00 bis of the French General Tax Code

I.-The following are exempt from value-added tax: 1° The supply of goods and services carried out within the framework of diplomatic and consular relations, within the limits, where applicable, of the quotas allocated by the administration; 2° The supply of goods and services to the following legal entities and organisations: a) The European Union a) The European Union; b) The European Atomic Energy Community; c) The European Central Bank; d)…

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Article 262-0 bis of the French General Tax Code

I.-Persons who intervene, in their name and on their behalf or in the name and on behalf of vendors affiliated to them, in a supply of goods transaction exempt from value added tax under the conditions mentioned in the second paragraph of 2° of I of article 262, by transmitting to the administration, by means of an electronic data interchange platform certified by the administration, the electronic data of the…

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