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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deeds and transfers other than transfers by death

Article 652

The registration of private deeds, which must be submitted for this formality within a time limit set by law, takes place, for those of them involving the transfer of ownership, usufruct or enjoyment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: How formalities are carried out

Article 659

The procedures for carrying out the merged formality shall be laid down by decree (1).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 666

Proportional or progressive registration duties and proportional land registration tax are levied on the values.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Normal operating mode

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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2: Special schemes

Article 727

…y, transfers of shares in companies whose capital is not divided into shares are considered, from a tax point of view, as having as their object the assets in kind represented by the securities transf…

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2° Special schemes and exemptions.

Article 739

Deeds evidencing limited-term leases of real estate, business assets or customer lists are subject to a fixed duty of €25 when registration is requested by the parties.

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B: Leases for life or unlimited duration.

Article 744

I. - Leases for life or unlimited duration are subject to the same taxation as transfers of ownership of the property to which they relate.II. - For leases of unlimited duration, the value used as a b…

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1 : Tariff

Article 746

…roperty between co-owners, co-heirs and co-partners, in any capacity whatsoever, provided they are justified, are subject to registration duty or land registration tax of 2.50%. This rate is reduced t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Waiver of reduction action

Article 756 bis

The waiver of the action in reduction provided for in Article 929 of the Civil Code is not subject to transfer duties free of charge.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Debts of the deceased

Article 768

…ble by the deceased are deducted when their existence on the day the succession was opened is duly justified by any means of proof compatible with the written procedure.

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