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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies E

The sole proprietorships subject to a real taxation regime and the companies referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 223-1 of the Commercial Code subject to income tax may set aside a provis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article L1435-1

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall inform the territorially competent State representative and the local elected representatives concerned without delay of any health event prese…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

I. - Proceeds from the investment of the portion of sums received from the issue of securities covered by the provisions of Article L. 228-97 of the French Commercial Code transferred outside France t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-8

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall provide the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority with the following information on an annual basis until 1 January 2021: a)…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I bis: Tax on the market value of real estate owned in France by legal entities

Article 990 F

The tax is due on the property or property rights owned on 1st January of the tax year, with the exception of property duly entered in the inventories of legal entities operating as property dealers o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ca: Correction applied to allowances when property tax on built-up properties is transferred

Article 1388-0

I.-For each commune, the rate of each of the abatements for property tax on built-up properties provided for in articles 1388 ter, 1388 quinquies, 1388 quinquies A, 1388 quinquies B, 1388 quinquies C,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 B

An annual tax is introduced on electricity production facilities using mechanical wind energy located in inland waters, the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone.The tax is paid by the operat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Rules specific to the 1970-1974 five-yearly review

Article 1515

I. - For the second five-yearly review of undeveloped properties the rental values are obtained by applying adjustment coefficients to the rental value of the properties, as it results from the previo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Reduction of duties

Article 1595 bis

It is levied for the benefit of a departmental equalisation fund, in all communes with a population not exceeding 5,000 inhabitants other than communes classified as tourist resorts within the meaning…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L2333-26

I. - Subject to Article L. 5211-21, a tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax may be instituted by deliberation taken by the municipal council before 1 July of the year to be applicable from the followin…

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