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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 158

…rom capitalisation bonds or contracts or investments of the same nature mentioned in 6° of article 120 and 1° of I of article 125-0 A, attached to premiums paid up to 26 September 2017 and not having…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-79-2

…for in the first paragraph of III, any employee may request the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin the Management Board, under penalty, to convene an Extraordinary General…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165

…an annual report, the content of which is specified by the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, which is made available to each unitholder. The Supervisory Board ensures that t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

…wances authorising operators to emit greenhouse gases, within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-3)

Article Annexe 8-4

…GARANTIE Recap of texts Article 72 of decree no. 85-1389 of 27 December 1985 (amended by decree no. 2004-518 of 10 June 2004):The guarantee fund is managed by a board of directors composed of twelve m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis G

…ed in II to III is taxed under the conditions laid down in Article 150-0 A and in 1 or 2 of Article 200 A.By way of derogation from the provisions of the first paragraph, the aforementioned net gain i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16

…tion areas for Travellers and family rental sites defined in 1° to 3° of II of article 1 of law no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 relating to the reception and housing of Travellers ; 5° Collection and trea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

…he Ile-de-France region, made up of Paris and the départements of Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines.II. - Private or public persons who…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…al entities administering an occupational pension institution referred to in article 8 of order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006 relating to supplementary occupational pensions;d) Persons who provide inv…

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

Article 199 undecies B

…make in the overseas departments, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territ…

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