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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 850

The report is only made to the donor's estate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 856

…h the succession is opened. Interest is only due from the day on which the amount of the report is determined.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 854

Similarly, no report is due for associations made without fraud between the deceased and one of his heirs, where the conditions have been settled by an authenticated deed.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Affirmation of sincerity

Article 850

In any deed or declaration for the purpose of either a sale of immovable property, or a transfer of a business or the right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease relating to all or part of a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Public acts

Article 853

Notaries, bailiffs, court clerks and administrative authorities are required, each time they present deeds, judgments or rulings for the formality of registration, to file with the tax department a su…

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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
1°: Public acts

Article 854

It is forbidden for any notary or court clerk to receive any deed in deposit without drawing up a record of the deposit. Wills deposited with notaries by testators are excepted.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Public acts

Article 855

…nutes 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 mention is made in the minutes of public, civil, judicial…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: The summons.

Article 856

The summons must be issued at least fifteen days before the date of the hearing.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial administration measures

Article 851

…ising the execution of measures of inquiry, appointed under the conditions of Article 155-1, is competent to supervise the investigative measures ordered in summary proceedings, unless otherwise decid…

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