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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
a) Expertise in commercial fraud

Article R116

…in accordance with the laws and regulations on the repression of fraud in commercial matters shall be allocated, for the analysis of each sample, including laboratory costs:For the first sample: 12.9…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
h: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 716

During the period of repayment of loans taken out for the construction of a dwelling, amicable transfers of individual low-rent dwellings with the aim of substituting solvent persons, fulfilling the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
h: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 717

…of contracts for the sale of single-family homes meeting the conditions set for low-income housing by

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Rules common to movable and immovable property

Article 763

Where the transfer relates solely to bare ownership or usufruct, deeds and declarations relating to gratuitous transfers must disclose the date and place of birth of the usufructuary; and, if the birt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
g : Property abroad

Article 714

Deeds transferring ownership or usufruct of immovable property located in foreign countries or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French S…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° : Property damaged or unavailable outside France

Article 766

The basis of assessment for transfer duties on death relating to securities, sums, values or assets of any kind which have been made unavailable outside France as a result of measures taken by a forei…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Special schemes for agriculture

Article 708

…124-4 of the rural and maritime fishing code are exempt from land registration tax or, where applicable, registration duty. However, the balancing payments and capital gains resulting from these excha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Declaration of previous formalities

Article 856

Any deed sub-leasing, subrogating, assigning or retroceding a lease must contain a literal reproduction of the registration notice for the lease assigned in whole or in part, where this formality is m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Offices (Transfers, creations and deletions)

Article 859

Any treaty or agreement the object of which is the transfer for valuable consideration or free of charge of an office, the clientele, minutes, repertoires, collections and other objects dependent ther…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Declaration of previous formalities

Article 857

…ard shall mention this and state the amount of duty paid, the date of payment and the name of the public service where it was paid; in the event of omission and in the case of a deed subject to formal…

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