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Gilles Carrez

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Gilles Carrez
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency
In office
2 April 1993 – 22 June 2022
Preceded byMichel Giraud
Succeeded byMathieu Lefèvre
Mayor of Le Perreux-sur-Marne
In office
14 April 1992 – 2 December 2016
Preceded byMichel Giraud
Succeeded byChristel Royer
Personal details
Born (1948-08-29) 29 August 1948 (age 75)
Paris, France
Political partyThe Republicans
EducationLycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma materHEC Paris, ÉNA

Gilles Carrez (born 29 August 1948) is a French politician of the Republicans who served as a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency, from 1993 to 2022.[1] He did not stand for re-election in the 2022 French legislative election.[2]

Political positions

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Carrez is the author of the 1996 Carrez law which obliges the vendor of a property lot (or fraction of a lot) in a condominium to specifically mention the surface area in all documents relating to the property sold.[3]

In response to a 2019 law authorizing the sale of the government's controlling stake in Groupe ADP, Carrez supported a cross-party initiative which called for a referendum to overturn the legislation, citing concerns over the loss of government revenue and influence.[4][5]

Controversy

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In October 2014, Carrez was found to have avoided paying the French solidarity tax on wealth (ISF) for three years by applying a 30 percent tax allowance on one of his homes. However, he had previously converted the home into an SCI, a private, limited company to be used for rental purposes. The 30 percent allowance does not apply to SCI holdings. Once this was revealed, Carrez declared, "if the tax authorities think that I should pay the wealth tax, I won't argue." At the time, Carrez was one of more than 60 French parliamentarians battling with the tax offices over 'dodgy' asset declarations.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. ^ Val-de-Marne, Par C. Dubois Auteur (10 January 2022). "Législatives 2022 en Val-de-Marne: Gilles Carrez passe le témoin à Paul Bazin". 94 Citoyens (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "La Loi Carrez" Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, Gilles Carrez's official website
  4. ^ Manon Rescan (April 9, 2019), Des parlementaires lancent une procédure de référendum contre la privatisation des aéroports de Paris Le Monde.
  5. ^ Inti Landauro (May 16, 2019), French constitutional court clears ADP privatization Reuters.
  6. ^ France Medias Monde. "France's Finance Chairman facing tax nightmare". RFI News (National French Radio).