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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Identification and verification of the identity of the beneficial owner

Article R561-7

…the registers mentioned in Article L. 561-46 of this Code,Article 2020 of the Civil Code andArticle 1649 AB of the General Tax Code. For the same purposes of verifying this identity, they shall, if ne…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AB

…es property or a right situated there, the administrator of a trust defined in article 792-0 bis established or resident outside the European Union when he acquires a property or enters into a busines…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Failure to declare or late declaration

Article 1728

…the taxpayer or resulting from the declaration or deed filed late, of an increase of:a. 10% in the absence of a formal notice or in the event that the declaration or deed is filed within thirty days…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0Ic: Levy on assets, rights and income placed in a trust

Article 990 J

…t with France with a view to combating tax fraud and tax evasion, the levy does not apply to irrevocable trusts whose sole beneficiaries fall under article 795 or are bodies of the same kind covered b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AB

Energy-saving equipment and renewable energy production equipment that appear on a list drawn up by joint order of the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for Industry, acquired or manufactured b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis AB

…l to the deduction made in application of the first paragraph in a special reserve account on the liabilities side of the balance sheet. This sum is reintegrated into taxable income in the event of a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI ter: Taxation of certain public limited companies, simplified joint stock companies and limited liability companies. Opting for the partnership system

Article 239 bis AB

…ciétés anonymes), simplified joint stock companies (sociétés par actions simplifiées) and limited liability companies (sociétés à responsabilité limitée), the securities of which are not admitted to t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Non-compliance with conditions governing tax benefits

Article 1740-00 AB

…in Article 242 septies will result in the payment of a fine of up to €50,000.The fine is not applicable, in the case of a first offence committed during the current calendar year and the three previo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1649

It does not take place in sales made by judicial authority.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Overseas departments

Article 1649

…other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling and ancillary taxes will be applicable in the overseas departments, as well as the necessary adaptation measures.Decrees in the Consei…

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