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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17

French nationality is granted, acquired or lost in accordance with the provisions set out in this title, subject to the application of treaties and other international commitments made by France.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-4

For the purposes of this Title, "in France" means mainland France, the overseas departments and collectivities, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-7

The effects on French nationality of annexations and cessions of territories are governed by the following provisions, in the absence of treaty stipulations.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-2

The acquisition and loss of French nationality are governed by the law in force at the time of the act or fact to which the law attaches these effects. The provisions of the preceding paragraph regula…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies EA

…of housing that has been completed for at least fifteen years and that is undergoing renovation work. By way of derogation from the first and third paragraphs of the aforementioned article, the tax r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies G

…erty is owned by a company not subject to corporation tax, on condition that the shareholder undertakes to retain all of his or her shares until the end of the nine-year period referred to in the fift…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies E

…du 10 juillet 1970 tendant à faciliter la création d'agglomérations nouvelles.The owner must undertake to rent the property free of charge for at least nine years to the operator of the tourist reside…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 732 A

Deeds recording the transfer by mutual agreement of a small-scale fishing vessel and the equipment used to operate it are registered free of charge.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 E

…cipal cooperation with its own tax system, under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis for its share of property tax, housing acquired by a public land institution as part of operatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 D

…ecember 2026.The exemption applies from the year following that of completion of the development work or, in the absence of development work, that of the acquisition or construction of the premises; i…

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