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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 C

…n, including that person, are considered to be financially linked to each other. This condition is met when a taxable person, or a non-taxable legal person, holds more than 50% of the capital of anoth…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

…National Urban Renewal Agency, pursuant to 3° and 5° of Article L. 831-1 du code de la construction et de l'habitation or by means of financing provided for in l'article R. 372-1 of the same code, are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1636 C

…own planning code are, subject to Article 1636 B octies and the provisions governing these bodies, set according to rules similar to those applied for the taxes levied by the local authority unions re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 C

I. The depreciation of assets leased or made available in any other form is spread over the normal period of use in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. By way of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX quater : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of the agency for the development of urban areas in the zone known as the "cinquante pas géométriques" in Guadeloupe

Article 1609 C

…ed in application of the loi n° 96-1241 du 30 décembre 1996 relative à l'aménagement, la protection et la mise en valeur de la zone dite des cinquante pas géométriques dans les départements d'outre-me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 C

…Listed property investment companies are defined as joint stock companies listed on a regulated market in accordance with Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 C

…ases provided for in 5° of 1 of Article 39 (1). The total amount of provisions for price increases set aside before 1 January 1984 may, as from the first financial year opened after that date, be rein…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 C

…the rural and maritime fishing code when it is allocated to the creation or acquisition of fixed assets.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Tax regimes

Article 69 C

Persons who carry out commercial import, sale, commission and brokerage operations involving live butchery and charcuterie animals, as well as those who carry out commercial purchase operations involv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124 C

The amount of the gains mentioned in Article 124 B is set in accordance with the conditions set out in the first paragraph of 1 and 2 of Article 150-0 D. However, the costs of acquisition for valuable…

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