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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Obligations of agents

Article 1704

1. The receipt of registration shall be put on the registered deed or on the extract of the declaration of the new possessor. It shall express in full the date of registration, the folio of the regist…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Obligation to pay

Article 1705

…deeds and judgments, except in the case provided for by article 1840 D, and those executed and received at the registries; 4° By the assigning public accountants, for deeds executed in administrative…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Payment of duties

Article 1701

Duties on deeds and those on transfers by death shall be paid before registration, land registration or merged formality is carried out, at the rates and quotas regulated by this code. No one may miti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Obligation to pay

Article 1709

Death transfer declaration duties are paid by the heirs, donees or legatees. Co-heirs, with the exception of those exempt from death duties, are jointly and severally liable.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

…real estate located in the areas of intervention of the Conservatoire de l'espace littoral et des rivages lacustres defined in Article L. 322-1 of the Environment Code, whose location and ecological…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Obligation to pay

Article 1708

In all cases, insurers, their responsible representatives, their agents, managers of establishments or branches, or their representatives, brokers and intermediaries and policyholders are jointly and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Obligation to pay

Article 1707

The parties are jointly and severally liable to the Treasury for the payment of simple duties and penalties payable on arbitral awards and court decisions.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Payment of duties

Article 1702 bis

…everal departments responsible for land registration, either the registration of the same deed not giving rise to the merged formality and subject to the land registration tax at the fixed rate, or th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Legal proceedings

Article 1894

The prosecution costs paid by the competent public accountants for items that have been written off due to the recognised insolvency of the convicted parties shall be reimbursed to them on the stateme…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1407

The application shall be made by petition delivered or addressed, as the case may be, to the registry by the creditor or by any agent. In addition to the particulars prescribed by Article 57, the appl…

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