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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

Financial securities admitted to the operations of a central depository may be registered in a securities account held by an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3, unless the issuer decides oth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Criminal provisions

Article L773-49

The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Criminal provisions

Article L774-49

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-42

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10°: Bonds received in exchange for shares in companies concerned by the extension of the public sector

Article 132 ter

…des banques in exchange for shares transferred to the State pursuant to the loi de nationalisation n° 82-155 du 11 février 1982 are subject to the tax provisions applicable to income from fixed-rate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Companies for the development of industry, commerce and agriculture and their adaptation to the European Community

Article 143 quater

…ment with the Minister of the Economy and Finance in accordance with the provisions of l'ordonnance n° 59-248 du 4 février 1959, are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 2 of Article 119 bi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Financial products benefiting international organisations, foreign sovereign States, their central banks or financial institutions

Article 131 sexies

…ticle 125 A.These investments must not constitute a direct investment within the meaning of the loi n° 66-1008 du 28 décembre 1966 modified law relating to financial relations with foreign countries a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
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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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 octies

When a legal entity liable to corporation tax has the purpose of transferring the use of movable or immovable property to its members free of charge, the net value of the benefit in kind thus granted…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239

1. The companies and groupings mentioned in 3 of article 206 may opt, under conditions which are set by ministerial order, for the system applicable to capital companies. In this case, the income tax…

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