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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

…o the redemption premium referred to in article 238 septies A. Income from securities issued from 1 January 1987, as defined in articles 118,119 and 238 septies B, is placed outside the scope of the w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

…s become immediately taxable.The contributor must attach to the declaration provided for in article 170 in respect of the year in progress on the date of the contribution and subsequent years a statem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Remuneration.

Article D6152-612-1

…e development of networking between the establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service and the cooperation init…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies B

…€10 million for investments made by the company during the financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2019 and 1 January 2020 respectively. If the company has not completed any financial year, i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and scope of application

Article L612-1

…g the powers of a resolution authority within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2021/23 of 16 December 2020 on a framework for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties;5° Ensuring that the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of net gains realised on disposals of securities and corporate rights

Article 200 A

…in 6° of article 120 and 1° of I of article 125-0 A, attached to premiums paid up to 26 September 2017, as well as income taken into account to determine the taxable profit of an industrial, commercia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-1

…2 or on one of the lists mentioned in the first paragraph or the second paragraph of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code, as well as products registered on the list mentioned in article L. 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…y a person and those held on his behalf at the level of a group within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-17-2 of the Commercial Code in order to: 1° Prevent market abuse within the meaning of Regulation (E…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2

…tracts giving rise to the aforementioned liabilities to be taken into account is defined in Article 17 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. The boundaries of these co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L773-15

…of the same table: " Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 519-1 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 519-1-1 Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 519-2 Ordinance no. 2021-…

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