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Showing 22512260 of 2529 articles for Art. 31 oct. 1989

French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B quater

…ariable or units in a fonds commun de placement and dissolutions occurring between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 tricies

…ication for approval is registered by the Agence nationale de l'habitat is between 1 March 2022 and 31 December 2024; 2° The property is rented out unoccupied as the main residence for the entire dura…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

…finance companies affiliated to a network and the central body within the meaning of Article L. 511-31 are deemed to be part of the same group for the purposes of this Article. The same applies to ent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…of the provisions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 A bis

…set out in c and e to g of 1a of I of Article 885-0 V bis of this Code, in the version in force on 31 December 2017 ;the donee carries out his or her main professional activity or one of the function…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 bis

…ith a view to their rental with financial assistance from the State pursuant to 3° of l'article L. 831-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code, is subject to a 30% allowance when these dwellings…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°-0 bis: Priority urban policy districts

Article 1383 C ter

…ovided for in I septies of Article 1466 A as well as buildings attached, between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2023, to an establishment meeting the same conditions.For properties attached to an esta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 E

…instruction of sixth and eighth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt from property tax on non-built properties levied for the benefit of muni…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 B bis

…assified in the second and sixth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and located in the wetlands defined in 1° of I of article L. 211-1 of the Environme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election and composition.

Article L4422-18

…oral code. When a motion of no confidence is passed under the conditions set out in article L. 4422-31, when the president and the members of the executive council resign collectively, when an executi…

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