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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies E

…r France of areas concerned by Objective 2 provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, excluding municipal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

I. - The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Levy on fixed-income investment income and income from European capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125 D

…cle 122 may opt, in respect of only the fraction of income or gains attached to premiums paid up to 26 September 2017, for them to be subject to the levy provided for in the first paragraph of 1 of II…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-9

…517-12 are subject to the provisions of Articles L. 511-51, L. 511-52, L. 511-53, L. 533-25, L. 533-26, L. 533-27 and the regulations issued for their application. II. - Where a mixed financial holdin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-10

…al posts of the public territorial establishment, article 53 of the aforementioned law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984, with the exception of the time requirements provided for in the first sentence of i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-68-1

…519-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code; e) Electronic money institutions mentioned in Article L. 526-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in Articles L. 526-25 and L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
20°: Tax reduction for donations made by individuals

Article 200

…eir housing or which provide, on a principal basis, the free care referred to in 1° of 4 of article 261 to people in difficulty. These payments are subject to a limit of €562 from the 2022 income tax…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…France of areas concerned by Objective 2 provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1260/1999, of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, excluding municipa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° bis : Tax reduction for loans taken out to take over a business

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

I. - Taxpayers domiciled for tax purposes in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 25% of the amount of interest on loans taken out to acqu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

Any form of bulk sale is prohibited for the following products: 1° Heat-treated liquid dairy products, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No…

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