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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 855

Property which has perished by chance and through no fault of the donee is not subject to report. However, if such property has been reconstituted by means of compensation received for its loss, the d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 848

Likewise, a son coming in his own right to the donor's estate is not obliged to return the gift made to his father, even when he would have accepted the latter's estate; but if the son comes only by r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 845

…eir who renounces the succession may, however, retain the inter vivos gift or claim the legacy made to him up to the available portion unless the disposing person has expressly required the report in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 858

The ratio is made in less taking, except in the case of the second paragraph of article 845. It cannot be required in kind, unless otherwise stipulated in the deed of gift. In the case of such a stipu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 853

The same applies to any profits that the heir may have derived from agreements made with the deceased, if these agreements did not present any indirect advantage, when they were made.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Obligations specific to the registration formality

Article 856

…of the registration notice for the lease assigned in whole or in part, where this formality is mandatory.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Obligations specific to the registration formality

Article 857

…of the public service where it was paid; in the event of omission and in the case of a deed subject to formality within a specified period, the competent public accounting officer shall demand the fee…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Common obligations

Article 871

…publicly and by auction, in the presence and through the ministry of public officers with authority to do so, or by sworn merchandise brokers or declared operators of voluntary sales of movable proper…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Common obligations

Article 876

…s of wholesale merchandise or pledged items, under the conditions provided for by articles L. 322-8 to L. 322-16 of the Commercial Code and by the second paragraph of Article 2346 of the Civil Code, c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Common obligations

Article 873

…session is closed and signed by the public officer, the sworn goods broker or the person authorised to conduct the sale.When a sale takes place as a result of an inventory, this is mentioned in the mi…

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