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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R*322-136

Authorised reinsurance undertakings may, on the assets side of the balance sheet, allocate to the representation of the provision for outstanding claims corresponding to the transactions referred to i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13-1

…insurance undertaking does not assume an investment risk, the minimum required solvency margin is set at an amount equivalent to 25% of the net management expenses relating to these operations for th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-13

The collective operations defined in article R. 441-4 give rise to the conclusion of agreements between the insurance undertaking and an intermediary within the meaning of article L. 511-1, acting on…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-13

…emed to be necessary where it is required by the legislation of the country of destination or is a determining factor in the selection of the offer.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
01°: Energy savings

Article 1383-0 B

…vided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties at a rate of between 50% and 100% homes completed before 1 January 1989 that have been the subject, by the owner,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°d: Buildings included in or erected near sites exposed to particular risks

Article 1383 G bis

…s, up to 25% or 50%, buildings used for residential purposes that :- are built less than three kilometres from the property line of an establishment containing at least one facility on the list provid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° bis Intermediate housing

Article 1384-0 A

New homes allocated to the principal dwelling and completed before 1 January 2023 are exempt from property tax on built properties for a period of twenty years from the year following that of their co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 C bis

…icipality or each public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system. It determines the duration of application of the exemption from the year following that of the occupatio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°d: Buildings included in or erected near sites exposed to particular risks

Article 1383 G ter

…on built-up properties, up to a maximum of 25% or 50%, buildings used for residential purposes completed prior to the implementation of a mining risk prevention plan mentioned in article L. 174-5 of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies B

…1639 A bis, the basis of assessment for property tax on built-up properties located within the perimeter of a project of general interest, within the meaning of article L. 102-1 of the town planning c…

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