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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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2: Special schemes

Article 728

Without prejudice to the provisions of article 1655 ter, transfers of shares or units conferring on their owners the right to the enjoyment of immovable property or fractions of immovable property are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Manual donations

Article 757

Deeds containing either the declaration by the donee or his representatives, or the judicial recognition of a manual gift, are subject to transfer duties for no consideration. These duties are calcula…

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a: Personal property

Article 758

For gratuitous transfers of movable property, other than listed securities and term debts, the value serving as the basis for the tax is determined by the detailed and estimated declaration of the par…

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a: Personal property

Article 760

For term claims, the duty is levied on the capital expressed in the deed and which is the subject of the deed.However, gratuitous transfer duties are liquidated on the basis of the estimated declarati…

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a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 784

The parties are required to disclose, in any deed recording an inter vivos transfer free of charge and in any declaration of succession, whether or not there are previous donations granted in any capa…

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D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 794

I. - The regions, départements, communes, their public establishments and public hospital establishments are exempt from free transfer duties on assets allocated to non-profit-making activities that c…

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b: Special provisions relating to inheritance

Article 788

I. - (Repealed)II. - (Repealed)III. - For the collection of death duties, an abatement shall be made on the net share of any heir, donee or legatee corresponding to the value of the property received…

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D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 797

I - Undeveloped properties and rights relating to these properties are exempt from death duties under the following conditions:1° The properties in question are undivided within a cadastral parcel;2°…

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1: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 798

In declarations of transfer by death, heirs, donees or legatees, or parties to deeds recording a transfer inter vivos free of charge, must state whether the jewellery, gems, works of art or collectors…

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