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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…by a financial institution governed by sub-section 5 of section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of the French Monetary and Financial Code or by a body governed by foreign law with an equivalent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 ter : Taxation of capital gains realised under a construction lease

Article 151 quater

…n generated on the sale of the land is taxed under the conditions set out in articles 35,150 U, 244 bis and 244 bis A. For the application of the provisions of article 150 U, the amount of the net cap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special payment rules

Article L224-20

…the holder of the retirement savings plan may waive the benefit of the provisions of articles 154 bis and 154 bis-0 A or 163 quatervicies of the General Tax Code. This option is exercised at the lat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-6

I. - The provisions of Chapter I, Title II, Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below are applicable in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-16-4

By way of derogation from this section, class 1 bis investment firms are subject to the provisions of articles R. 511-17 to R. 511-26.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation concerning Community designs

Article L522-1

Chapters I and Ia of this Title shall apply to infringements of the rights of the proprietor of a Community design.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 AA

…du code du travail, subject to the following reservations:1° The exclusions provided for in c of 1 bis of I of article 885-0 V bis, as it stood on 31 December 2017, relating to the exercise of a fina…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to the taxes, income and profits referred to in Chapters I to III

Article 235 quinquies

…The beneficiary of the income and sums subject to the withholding tax provided for in article 119 bis (2) and articles 182 A bis and 182 B may request that the tax thus paid be refunded to him, in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: General provisions

Article 810

I. - Contributions are registered free of charge.II. - (Repealed).III. - The standard rate of registration duty or land registration tax levied on the contributions referred to in 3° of I, I bis and I…

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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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