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Article 302 bis N of the French General Tax Code

Any person who has an animal slaughtered in a slaughterhouse pays a slaughter health fee to the State. However, in the case of contract slaughter, the fee is paid by the third-party slaughterer on behalf of the owner.

This fee is also paid by any person who has wild game processed by a workshop that has received the approval provided for in Article L. 233-2 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. In the case of contract treatment, the fee is paid by the approved workshop on behalf of the owner.

The chargeable event is the slaughtering operation or, in the case of wild game, the processing of the whole parts.

The chargeable event is the slaughtering operation or, in the case of wild game, the processing of the whole parts.

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Article 302 bis N

Toute personne qui fait abattre un animal dans un abattoir acquitte une redevance sanitaire d’abattage au profit de l’Etat. Toutefois, en cas d’abattage à façon, la redevance est acquittée par le tiers abatteur pour le compte du propriétaire.

Cette redevance est également acquittée par toute personne qui fait traiter du gibier sauvage par un atelier ayant reçu l’agrément prévu à l’article L. 233-2 du code rural et de la pêche maritime. En cas de traitement à façon, la redevance est acquittée par l’atelier agréé pour le compte du propriétaire.

Le fait générateur de la redevance est constitué par l’opération d’abattage ou, s’agissant du gibier sauvage, par l’opération de traitement des pièces entières.

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