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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX ter : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land and development establishments in French Guiana and Mayotte

Article 1609 B

In French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte, a special equipment tax is introduced for the benefit of public establishments created pursuant to Article L. 321-36-1 of the town planning code.This ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single subsection: Restricted traffic zones

Article D2213-1-0-5

…Within the meaning of the third paragraph of I of article L. 2213-4-1, an agglomeration is an urban unit as defined by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. II. - The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XX: Tax on financial transactions

Article 235 ter ZD

…nership, within the meaning of Article L. 211-17 of the same code, and that this security is issued by a company whose registered office is located in France and whose market capitalisation exceeds on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIII: Preventive archaeology tax

Article 235 ter ZG

I.-A preventive archaeology tax is hereby instituted, payable in respect of the operations mentioned in Article 1635 quater B affecting the subsoil subject to prior authorisation or declaration pursua…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies-0 A

…turnover of less than 50 million euros during the financial year, reduced or extended where applicable to twelve months, or a balance sheet total of less than 43 million euros. The company's workforc…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7a: Joint investigation teams

Article 67 ter A

I. - 1. With the prior agreement of the Minister for Justice and the consent of the other Member State(s) concerned, the public prosecutor may authorise, for the purposes of a customs procedure, the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains on securities realised by private individuals

Article 248 B

The provisions of articles 92, and 150-0 A are not applicable to exchanges of securities carried out under the loi de nationalisation n° 82-155 du 11 février 1982. In the event of the sale of the secu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 E bis

In the event of a change from the taxation system provided for in article 64 bis to an actual taxation system, the receivables shown in the opening balance sheet for the first financial year subject t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV ter : Tax regime for public interest groups

Article 239 quater B

Public interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Special provisions for gifts

Article 776 bis

I. - Debts which have been contracted by the donor for the acquisition or in the interest of the property which is the subject of the donation, which are charged to the donee in the deed of donation,…

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