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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

…onth period following this exemption period.In the local authorities of Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion and Mayotte, the provisions of the first paragraph of this I only apply to activities…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

…ax reduction under the same conditions in respect of the following four years.The reduction in tax due provided by the amount of the tax reduction mentioned in I which exceeds the amount mentioned in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…b and c of this 1.This rate is increased to 35% for homes located in Réunion, Guadeloupe or Martinique.2. The tax credit defined in 1 also benefits the organisations mentioned in the first paragraph o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-2

…rtakings, or which, in the opinion of the competent authorities, exercises over them a dominant influence by virtue of the existence of substantial and lasting links of solidarity resulting from finan…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…the work abroad. C.-Significantly enrich the narrative by integrating archive footage, animated sequences, fictional sequences or other moving image sequences, photographs, or by using stereoscopic t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK VII

Article

…mework scheme enters into force the day after the publication in the Journal officiel de la République Française of the deliberation of the CNC's Board of Directors of 24 November 2016 and is applicab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XX: Tax on financial transactions

Article 235 ter ZD

…f ownership, within the meaning of Article L. 211-17 of the same code, and that this security is issued by a company whose registered office is located in France and whose market capitalisation exceed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis A

…le 150 VC, no return need be filed, except where the levy relating to the deferred capital gain is due. The deed of transfer subject to the merged formality or presented for registration shall specify…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater Y

…I also applies to the purchase or construction of new rental housing located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy and the Wallis and Futuna Isl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…tre. If, at the time of acquisition, no simple management plan has been approved for the forest in question, the taxpayer undertakes to have one approved within three years of the date of acquisition…

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