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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 212

…under the same conditions as the undeducted net financial expenses mentioned in 1 of VI of Article 212 bis. IV. - The provisions of the second paragraph of 3° of 1 of article 39 do not apply to compa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

…ing the authorisation. When this first disposal is placed under the regime provided for in Articles 210 A and 210 B of this code, the capital gain realised on the subsequent disposal of the securities…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue or renew residence permits

Article L432-2

The renewal of a temporary or multi-annual residence permit may, by a reasoned decision, be refused to a foreign national who ceases to fulfil one of the conditions required for the issue of this perm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-2

…uments, within the meaning of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004, referred to above, with a maturity of less than twelve months, are admitted to tradin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
21° : Allocation of the tax reduction for donations to charities provided for in article 238 bis

Article 200 bis

The tax reduction provided for in Article 238 bis is deducted from the income tax due for the year in which the expenditure was incurred. Any excess is used for the payment of income tax due in respec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 C

…actions carried out between themselves by the agricultural credit banks mentioned in article L. 512-21 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 3° bis (Repealed)4° To interest, agios, remuneration for secu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-1

…ransferred in these undertakings as well as in financial institutions, as defined in article L. 511-21, which directly or indirectly hold effective control over one or more credit institutions or fina…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-1

…rofit-sharing scheme for the company's employees under the conditions laid down by Order 86-1134 of 21 October 1986 as amended relating to profit-sharing and employee share ownership.III - Mutual insu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 998

…s and insurers, or articles L. 932-1, L. 932-14 and L. 932-24 du code de la sécurité sociale or L. 221-2 and L. 222-1 du code de la mutualité, of which at least 80% of the total premium or contributio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 tricies

…who must be subject, as online sports betting operators, to the authorisation mentioned in article 21 of law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and regulation of th…

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