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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 663

The following shall give rise to the collection of land registration tax: 1° Registrations of judicial or contractual mortgages, with the exception of registrations for renewal; 2° Subject to the prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 668 bis

For the purposes of calculating registration duties and land registration tax, the value of the claim held on a trust is valued at the real net market value of the assets placed in trust or the assets…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 671

When, in any act, whether civil, judicial or extrajudicial, there are several provisions which are independent or do not necessarily derive from each other, a particular tax or duty is due for each of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Transfers of ownership of immovable property for valuable consideration

Article 683 bis

The portion of contributions of real estate or real estate rights made for valuable consideration is subject to land registration tax or registration duty of 2.20%.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 686

Declarations or elections of command or friend, following an auction or contract of sale of immovable property are subject to a fixed tax of €125 where the option to elect command has been reserved in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 689

The deed constituting the emphyteusis is subject to land registration tax at the rate provided for in article 742.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 723

Sales of new goods correlative to the transfer or contribution to a company of a business are exempt from any proportional registration duty when they give rise to the collection of value added tax or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 732 ter

I. - For the purposes of calculating registration duties in the event of a transfer of full ownership of a craft business, a business, an agricultural business or the customer base of a sole proprieto…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis for free transfer tax

Article 776 quater

As from 1 January 2014 (1), the costs of reconstituting title deeds to buildings or property rights incurred in the twenty-four months preceding a gift inter vivos to enable the donor's right of owner…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tariffs and settlement

Article 777

Free transfer duties are set at the rates shown in the tables below, for the net share accruing to each entitled party: Table I Tariff of duties applicable in direct line : FRACTION OF NET TAXABLE SHA…

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