Gilles Carrez

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Gilles Carrez
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency
Assumed office
2 April 1993
Preceded byMichel Giraud
Mayor of Le Perreux-sur-Marne
In office
1992–2016
Preceded byMichel Giraud
Succeeded byChristelle Royer
Personal details
Born (1948-08-29) 29 August 1948 (age 73)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyThe Republicans
Alma materHEC Paris, ÉNA

Gilles Carrez (born 29 August 1948 in Paris) is a French politician of the Republicans who serves as a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency.[1]

Political positions[]

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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Controversy[]

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.[5]

References[]

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


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