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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2012

The trust is established by law or by contract. It must be express.If the property, rights or securities transferred to the trust patrimony depend on the community existing between the spouses or on a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 septies

I. - Companies placed under one of the regimes provided for by 5 bis, 5 ter and 7 to 7 ter of Article 38, Article 38 septies, IIa of Article 208 C and articles 151 octies, 151 octies A, 151 octies B,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 septies

Officials of the Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Taxation and officials of the Directorate-General for Enterprise may, on request or spontaneously, disclose to each other all information…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 septdecies

Customs and excise officials and the other persons mentioned in Article L. 5112-1-22 of the Transport Code may disclose to each other, either spontaneously or on request, all documents and information…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 septies

I. - A salaried reserve customs officer who carries out a period of employment or training as part of the Customs Administration's operational reserve during his working hours must, where the duration…

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

Article 217 septdecies

…These allocations are deductible up to:- 60% of taxable income for the financial year beginning in 2012;- 40% for the financial year beginning in 2013.2. Amounts deducted from the reserve referred to…

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

Article 199 septvicies

…d in France within the meaning of l'article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2012, a new home or a home in a future state of completion benefit from an income tax reduction prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

…each of the directors and partners, a bulletin no. 3 of the criminal record free of any convictions;5° Provide proof of annual certification of their accounts by an auditor;6° Have signed a code of et…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 septies

…m, copper, nickel, cadmium, vanadium and total suspended dust;3 (Paragraph repealed) ;(4) (Repealed)5. The first delivery or the first use of the preparations or products mentioned in 5 of I of articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 septies

…42-3 of the same code, made necessary by the implementation of the article 73 of law no. 2006-11 of 5 January 2006 on agricultural guidance and the ordonnance n° 2006-1547 du 7 décembre 2006 relative…

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