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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of income and capital gains in the event of transfer of domicile outside France

Article 167 bis

I. - 1. Taxpayers who have been domiciled in France for tax purposes for at least six of the ten years preceding the transfer of their tax residence outside France are taxable on the transfer in respe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-1

…he words: "other technical standards drawn up by European standardisation bodies, or, in their absence," are deleted;2° In Article R. 2122-1, references to Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-2

…plied by the correction coefficient mentioned in B of IV of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020; 1° ter The product determined by applying the difference between t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-3

…no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-12 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 133-13, L. 133-14, except for b) of 1, to L. 133-17 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-17-1 Law no. 2018-700 of…

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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

1. The income tax due by natural persons domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B in respect of the income, net gains, profits, distributions, capital gains and receivabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-11

…sought:1° In the context of investigation or enquiry measures carried out in the course of legal proceedings;2° For medical or scientific research purposes;3° For the purpose of establishing, where un…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

…redit institutions, investment firms and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, subject to compliance with the conditions laid down for this purpose by the Minister for the Economy; 1 bis. Finance co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-1

…ess, and those referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-10-3, which have met, as from 1 January 2012 and for three consecutive financial years, one of the following conditions:a) The annua…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I

I. - A company which has transferred or transfers outside France, directly or indirectly, by itself or through a third party, elements of its assets to a person, to a body, in a trust or in a comparab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-34

Companies established in France which are part of a financial group or a group comprising at least one finance company or, for the application of 2° of this article, a group within the meaning of arti…

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