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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Consequential acts

Article 862

Notaries, bailiffs, registrars and other public officers, lawyers and administrative authorities may not make or draw up a deed by virtue of or as a consequence of a deed compulsorily subject to regis…

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5: Real estate and similar companies

Article 828

I. - The following shall be registered free of charge:1° (Repealed).2° Deeds by which companies which have operated in accordance with the object defined in article 1655 ter increase their capital, ex…

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B: Exemptions

Article 845

…ecurity for savings loans for manual workers provided for in the second paragraph of III of Article 80, as amended, of the loi n° 76-1232 du 29 décembre 1976. 3° Deeds for special construction loans d…

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2°: Fire insurance policies taken out by deceased persons - Notice to be given by insurers

Article 805

Insurance companies and all other French and foreign insurers who have insured jewellery, gems, objets d'art or collectors' items against theft or fire under a contract or agreement in force at the ti…

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6: Mutual funds and partnerships

Article 832

Subscriptions for units in mutual funds or free partnership companies are exempt from any registration duty.

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1°: Public acts

Article 855

…r judicial acts, which must be registered on the minutes and copies referred to in I of l'article 658, of the receipt of duties, by a literal and complete transcription of this receipt.The same mentio…

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3°: Securities, sums or assets on deposit. Amounts due as a result of death. Obligations of depositaries or debtors

Article 806

I. - Public administrations, any establishments or bodies subject to the control of the administrative authority, companies or firms, investment service providers other than portfolio management compa…

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1: Capital increases

Article 812

I. - An increase, by means of the capitalisation of profits, reserves or provisions of any kind, in the capital of companies shall be registered free of charge.II. - (Repealed).

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3°: Securities, sums or assets on deposit. Amounts due as a result of death. Obligations of depositaries or debtors

Article 808

The depositaries designated in I of Article 806, must, within fifteen days of being notified by the tax department, of the death of one of the depositors to an undivided or joint and several account,…

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2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 809

I. - Subject to the provisions of I of l'article 257 :1° Deeds of formation of companies or economic interest groupings which do not contain a transfer of movable or immovable property, between the pa…

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