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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Special regime applicable to forestry operations

Article 76 A

…disposal of land for forestry use or forest stands are subject to income tax under the conditions set out in the articles 150 U to 150 VH when the activity of exploitation or management of these land…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for the participation of economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area

Article R2342-7

The purchaser shall indicate in the invitation to tender whether the award procedure is open to economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Scope of free transfer duties

Article 750 ter

…for tax purposes in France within the meaning of Article 4 B; 2° Movable and immovable property, whether owned directly or indirectly, located in France, and in particular French public funds, intere…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 G

I. - Gifts of full ownership of sums of money made to a child, grandchild, great-grandchild or, in the absence of such a descendant, to a nephew or niece or, by representation, to a grand-nephew or gr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 F

…calendar year in which it was entered into or the following year for a reason other than marriage between the partners or the death of one of them.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 B

For the purposes of collecting inter vivos transfer duties, an allowance of €31,865 is made on the share of each of the grandchildren.The donor's deceased grandchildren are, for the purposes of applyi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 E

For the purposes of collecting inter vivos transfer duties, an allowance of €80,724 is made on the share of the donor's spouse.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 I

…hold inter vivos gifts of new residential property for which planning permission has been obtained between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2016, evidenced by a notarised deed signed no later than thr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 791 ter

…he event of a direct-line gift of property previously transferred to a first direct-line donee and returned to the donor pursuant to articles 738-2, 951 and 952 of the Civil Code, the duties paid on t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 A

…ship of a craft business, a business, an agricultural business or the customer base of a sole proprietorship or the shares or stocks of a company, an allowance of €300,000 is applied, at the option of…

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