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Showing 20012010 of 51993 articles for Art. CE 24-4-2019 n° 419912 confirming CAA Nancy 22-2-2018 n° 17NC00780

French General Tax CodeIn force
XIX: Declaration of income from transferable securities (IFU)

Article 242 ter B

…4-61 of the Monetary and Financial Code, provides the persons mentioned in 1 with the information necessary to identify the holders and to determine the fraction of distributed income and the fraction…

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

Article 244 quater A

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

Article 244 quater J

I. - The credit institutions or finance companies mentioned in Article L. 511-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, which are liable for corporation tax, income tax or an equivalent tax and hav…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22-1

Where the European arrest warrant is issued for the purpose of executing a custodial sentence or detention order, its execution may be refused where the person concerned did not appear in person at th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 223 quinquies B

I. - Legal entities established in France: 1° Whose annual turnover excluding tax or gross assets shown on the balance sheet is greater than or equal to 50 million euros; 2° Or holding at the close of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-22-1

…61-5-2, 2° of Article R. 561-5-3 and Article R. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 concerned shall assess the level of equivalence of a third country's anti-money laundering and terroris…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22-1

…into an information exchange agreement with the master UCITS. This agreement may, however, be replaced by internal conduct of business rules when both funds are managed by the same management company…

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

Article 244 quater M

…icroenterprise given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article D214-22-1

…takings for collective investment in transferable securities governed by French law marketed in France or in undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities governed by foreign law t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Financial provisions.

Article R2531-22-1

I.- Ile-de-France Mobilités may request that the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or Article L. 723-3 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code of the…

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