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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R742-10

…32-23n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 214-32-24 to R. 214-32-27n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-32-28n° 2022-82 of 28 January 2022R. 214-32-29n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 214-32-30, R. 214-32-32 to R…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

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 General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 H

…n set out in 1° of this II, the tax credits provided for in A and 3 of E of II of Article 60 of Law no. 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 on finance for 2017 are not taken into account.The amount of incom…

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

Article L732-2

…isions provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 131-1-1 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 131-3Act no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…ions provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 131-1-1 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 131-3 Act n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56

…carry out a search, for which he shall draw up a report. The criminal investigation police officer may also go to any place where property is likely to be found that is subject to confiscation under…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…t for France of areas concerned by Objective 2 provided for in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1260/1999, of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds, excluding mun…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 154 bis-0 A

…Financial Code made into a retirement savings plan mentioned in article L. 224-13 or article L. 224-28 of the same code or into a French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-22

…fited from the provisions of the second paragraph of this article in its wording resulting from Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform and prior to Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 Dec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 206

…opted for the partnership tax regime under the conditions provided for in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended, are liable for corporation tax, regardless of their purpose, c…

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