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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Transfers of businesses, customer lists and similar agreements

Article 720

The provisions of this code applicable to transfers of ownership for valuable consideration of businesses or customer lists are extended to any agreement for valuable consideration, the effect of whic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Transfers of businesses, customer lists and similar agreements

Article 719

Transfers of ownership for valuable consideration of businesses or clienteles are subject to registration duty, the rates of which are set at:FRACTION OF TAXABLE VALUEApplicable rate(as a percentage)N…

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French Civil CodeIn force
General provisions

Article 716

The ownership of a treasure belongs to the person who finds it in his own land; if the treasure is found in the land of another, it belongs half to the person who discovered it, and half to the owner…

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French Civil CodeIn force
General provisions

Article 713

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French Civil CodeIn force
General provisions

Article 711

Ownership of property is acquired and transmitted by succession, by gift inter vivos or testamentary, and by the effect of obligations.

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French Civil CodeIn force
General provisions

Article 712

Ownership is also acquired by accession or incorporation, and by prescription.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 763

If, at the time of death, the successor spouse actually occupies, as his or her principal dwelling, a dwelling belonging to the spouses or wholly dependent on the succession, he or she has by right, f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 765

The value of the rights of habitation and use is set off against the value of the inheritance rights collected by the spouse. If the value of the rights of habitation and use is less than that of his…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 766

The successor spouse and the heirs may, by agreement, convert the rights of habitation and use into a life annuity or a capital sum. If there is among the successors party to the agreement a minor or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 723

Sales of new goods correlative to the transfer or contribution to a company of a business are exempt from any proportional registration duty when they give rise to the collection of value added tax or…

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