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French General Tax CodeIn force
13°: Financing certain export transactions

Article 136

The withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A interest, arrears and all other income from bond issues contracted before 1 January 1965 by cre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 109

1. The following are deemed to be distributed income: 1° All profits or income that is not placed in reserves or incorporated into capital; 2° All sums or securities made available to members, shareho…

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b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 110

For the application of 1° of 1 of Article 109 profits are understood to be those that have been retained for the basis of assessment for corporation tax. However, these profits are increased by those…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 113

For the application of articles 109 and 112, the direct incorporation of profits into the capital is treated as an incorporation of reserves.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Negotiable bonds - Special schemes

Article 131 ter

1. Special series of bonds issued abroad before 1 January 1976 by French companies, corporations or enterprises with the authorisation of the Minister for the Economy and Finance shall be subject, for…

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2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 ter

1. The withholding tax provided for in 2 of article 119 bis is not applicable to dividends distributed to a legal entity that meets the conditions listed in 2 of this article by a company or organisat…

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4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 B

The taxation regime for gains derived by natural persons from disposals made directly or through intermediaries, of debt securities negotiable on a regulated market pursuant to a specific legislative…

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3°: Crédit mutuel et coopération agricoles

Article 130

The provisions relating to the withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of Article 125 A does not apply: 1° Neither to interest shares in companies or unions…

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8°: Financial products benefiting international organisations, foreign sovereign States, their central banks or financial institutions

Article 131 quinquies

Interest on special series of current account Treasury bills denominated in euros which are reserved for international organisations, foreign sovereign States, central banks or the financial instituti…

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b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111

In particular, the following are considered as distributed income:a. In the absence of proof to the contrary, sums made available to members directly or through interposed persons or companies by way…

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