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Article 1454 of the French General Tax Code

The cooperative companies and unions of cooperative companies of craftsmen, as well as the cooperative companies and unions of cooperative companies of boatmen, are exempt from the business property tax, when these different bodies are constituted and operate in accordance with the legislative and regulatory provisions that govern them.

The exemption provided for in the first paragraph does not apply to cooperative societies and unions of cooperative societies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or offered to the public on a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code or at least 20% of whose capital is held by non-cooperating members within the meaning of 1 quinquies of article 207 of this code and holders of cooperative investment certificates where the articles of association provide that they may be remunerated.

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Article 1454

Sont exonérées de la cotisation foncière des entreprises, les sociétés coopératives et unions de sociétés coopératives d’artisans de même que les sociétés coopératives et unions de sociétés coopératives de patrons bateliers, lorsque ces différents organismes sont constitués et fonctionnent conformément aux dispositions législatives et réglementaires qui les régissent.

L’exonération prévue au premier alinéa n’est pas applicable aux sociétés coopératives et unions de sociétés coopératives dont les parts sont admises aux négociations sur un marché réglementé ou offertes au public sur un système multilatéral de négociation soumis aux dispositions du II de l’article L. 433-3 du code monétaire et financier ou dont le capital est détenu à concurrence de 20 % au moins par des associés non coopérateurs au sens du 1 quinquies de l’article 207 du présent code et des titulaires de certificats coopératifs d’investissement lorsque les statuts prévoient qu’ils peuvent être rémunérés.

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