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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8

Subject to the provisions of article 6, members of sociétés en nom collectif and general partners of sociétés en commandite simple are, where these companies have not opted for the tax regime applicab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 810

I. - Contributions are registered free of charge.II. - (Repealed).III. - The standard rate of registration duty or land registration tax levied on the contributions referred to in 3° of I, I bis and I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Fire insurance policies taken out by deceased persons - Notice to be given by insurers

Article 805

Insurance companies and all other French and foreign insurers who have insured jewellery, gems, objets d'art or collectors' items against theft or fire under a contract or agreement in force at the ti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Exemptions

Article 845

The following are exempt from land registration tax: 1° Registrations required by the State. However, the tax that has not been collected on a judicial or conventional mortgage registration must be pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Investigations

Article 880

Where the movement of a lawyer or a person approved pursuant to article 879 appears materially impossible, the powers vested in the lawyer by the articles 63-4 to 63-4-3 may be exercised by a person c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Extracts of deeds

Article 860

Notaries, bailiffs, court registrars, lawyers and administrative authorities must, for deeds and judicial decisions that contain provisions subject to land publicity and for attestations after death,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article L352-8

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall immediately inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if they become aware that the Minimum Capital Requirement provided for in Article L…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-4

…erty subject to the allocation is estimated at its value on the date set in accordance with Article 829. Unless there is an amicable agreement between the co-partitioners, any balance due is payable i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 831-2

…serve as his or her dwelling, if he or she had his or her residence there at the time of the death, and of the furniture furnishing it, as well as of the deceased's vehicle provided that this vehicle…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-1

If maintenance in undivided ownership has not been ordered and in the absence of preferential attribution in ownership under the conditions provided for in article 831 or article 832, the surviving sp…

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