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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms

Article L533-24-3

By way of derogation from this section, class 1 bis investment firms shall apply the provisions of articles L. 511-51 to L. 511-102.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3a: Other penalties for serious breaches of the law

Article 1731 ter

Failure to comply with any of the obligations set out in Article 242 bis, observed during an inspection, is punishable by an overall fixed fine set at a maximum of €50,000.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 89 A

The declarations mentioned in Articles 87, 87-0 A, 87-0 A bis, 88, 240 and 241 are transmitted by the tax filer to the tax authorities using a computerised process.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Business creators' share warrants

Article L212-17

…rrants may be allocated under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in article 163 bis G of the French General Tax Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article L7122-1

…the councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana are determined by Chapter I of Title I of Book VI bis of the Electoral Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Appeals

Article D45-29

The provisions of article D. 45-2-1-bis are applicable before the Criminal Appeals Chamber. The decisions provided for in this article are then taken by the first president of the court of appeal.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter

I a. Where the beneficiaries of the income from movable capital referred to in articles 108 to 119,238 septies Band 1678 bis are required, under the provisions of the tax legislation, to submit, for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Consequences of a company leaving the group or ceasing to be a group company

Article 223 S

…fourth or penultimate paragraphs of I of Article 223 A or the first paragraph of I of article 223 A bis which it has exercised, without formulating another of the options provided for in the same para…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Non-deduction of income tax

Article 153

For the determination of the net income referred to in I to VIIa of this sub-section, income tax is not allowed as a deduction.

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