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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Two-year exemption

Article 1383

…ly for those properties that are not financed by State-subsidised loans as provided for in articles L. 301-1 to L. 301-6 of the French Construction and Housing Code or by subsidised loans. The public…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

…ied out by the limited company Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of the article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code in execution of the legislation on compensation for war damag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394

…he Government by the national forestry office;cemeteries, including those constituted under article L. 522-12 of the code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre pour la sépultu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Crédit mutuel et coopération agricoles

Article 130

The provisions relating to the withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of Article 125 A does not apply: 1° Neither to interest shares in companies or unions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

Judicial supervision may be ordered by the investigating judge or by the liberty and custody judge if the person under investigation is liable to a correctional prison sentence or a more serious penal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-13

…he judicial representative appointed is not registered on one of the lists provided for in articles L. 811-2 or L. 812-2, it is attached by the court clerk to the copy of the judgment referred to in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Borrowings by départements, communes and public establishments

Article 133

…rédit foncier, the société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code and savings banks. Interest, arrears and all other proceeds f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395

…under conditions determined by decree by the Conseil d'Etat, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 126-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, plantations or seedlings carried out in violation o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
General definition of taxable income

Article 13

1. The taxable profit or income consists of the excess of the gross proceeds, including the value of profits and benefits in kind, over the expenditure incurred in acquiring and maintaining the income…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15°: Low-cost housing

Article 138

The withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A: 1° and 2° (Obsolete provisions); 3° The proceeds of bond loans contracted before 1 January 196…

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