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Article 983 of the French General Tax Code

Persons owning assets mentioned in article 965 located in France without having their tax domicile there as well as persons mentioned in 2 of article 4 B may be invited by the tax department to appoint a representative in France under the conditions set out in article 164 D.

However, the obligation to appoint a tax representative does not apply to persons whose tax domicile is in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area that has signed an administrative assistance agreement with France to combat tax fraud and tax evasion and a mutual assistance agreement on tax collection, nor to the persons mentioned in 2 of the same Article 4 B who carry out their duties or are entrusted with a mission in one of these States.

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Article 983

Les personnes possédant des actifs mentionnés à l’article 965 situés en France sans y avoir leur domicile fiscal ainsi que les personnes mentionnées au 2 de l’article 4 B peuvent être invitées par le service des impôts à désigner un représentant en France dans les conditions prévues à l’article 164 D.


Toutefois, l’obligation de désigner un représentant fiscal ne s’applique ni aux personnes qui ont leur domicile fiscal dans un autre Etat membre de l’Union européenne ou dans un autre Etat partie à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen ayant conclu avec la France une convention d’assistance administrative en vue de lutter contre la fraude et l’évasion fiscales ainsi qu’une convention d’assistance mutuelle en matière de recouvrement de l’impôt, ni aux personnes mentionnées au 2 du même article 4 B qui exercent leurs fonctions ou sont chargées de mission dans l’un de ces Etats.

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