Gilles Carrez | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Val-de-Marne's 5th constituency | |
Assumed office 2 April 1993 | |
Preceded by | Michel Giraud |
Succeeded by | Mathieu Lefèvre |
Mayor of Le Perreux-sur-Marne | |
In office 1992–2016 | |
Preceded by | Michel Giraud |
Succeeded by | Christelle Royer |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 29 August 1948
Political party | The Republicans |
Alma mater | HEC 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]
He is not standing for re-election in the 2022 French legislative election.[2]
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.[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
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
- ↑ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "La Loi Carrez" Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, Gilles Carrez's official website
- ↑ Manon Rescan (April 9, 2019), Des parlementaires lancent une procédure de référendum contre la privatisation des aéroports de Paris Le Monde.
- ↑ Inti Landauro (May 16, 2019), French constitutional court clears ADP privatization Reuters.
- ↑ France Medias Monde. "France's Finance Chairman facing tax nightmare". RFI News (National French Radio).