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

Article 764

…ly dependent on the succession, has over this dwelling, until his or her death, a right of dwelling and a right of use over the furniture, included in the succession, furnishing it. The deprivation of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704

…d to the jurisdiction of several courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, investigation and, if the offences are misdemeanours, the trial of the following offences: 1° Offences provided fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2-1

The courts and magistrates mentioned in Article 706-17 may ask specialist assistants, appointed under the conditions set out in Article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures laid down i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 730

Transfers of company rights referred to in I of article 257 which give rise to the payment of value added tax give rise to the collection of a registration fee of €125.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 729

Agreements which relate to shares or stocks and which are considered for registration duty purposes as transferring real estate ownership for valuable consideration under articles 727,728 and 1655 ter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

Article 727

…numbers of the shares allocated as remuneration to each of them. In the absence of such valuations and indications, duties are levied at the real estate rate.3° The foregoing provisions apply to tran…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Transfers of company rights

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 Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of parents in the absence of a spouse entitled to inherit.

Article 733

The law does not distinguish according to the methods of establishing filiation to determine the parents called to succeed. The rights resulting from adoptive filiation are regulated under adoption.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 : Land registration tax

Article 743

The following are exempt from land registration tax: 1° Construction leases; 2° Long-term leases concluded pursuant to articles L. 416-1 to L. 416-6, L. 416-8 and L. 416-9du code rural et de la pêche…

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

Article 76

1. With regard to woods, oseraies, alder groves and willow groves located in France, the taxable agricultural profit from the felling of woodland is set at a sum equal to the income used as the basis…

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