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French General Tax CodeIn force
X: Registration of liens and mortgages

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 General Tax CodeIn force
X: Registration of liens and mortgages

Article 844

The proportional land registration tax applicable to registrations of judicial or conventional mortgages referred to in 1° of Article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Obligations specific to the registration formality

Article 856

…ion of the registration notice for the lease assigned in whole or in part, where this formality is mandatory.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Obligations specific to the registration formality

Article 857

Whenever a judgment is rendered on a registered document, the judgment or award shall mention this and state the amount of duty paid, the date of payment and the name of the public service where it wa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-12-1

…training recorded in euros, which can be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual amount of which is set for a period of three years. It is financed by a compulsory co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Other obligations

Article 865

…by lawyers, bailiffs, court clerks, notaries commissioned must show separately, in a special column and for each disbursement, the amount of duties of any kind paid to the Treasury..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Other obligations

Article 864

…the parties of the existence of the penalties laid down in 5 of V of article 1754, to articles 1729 and 1840 B of this code and to Article 1202 of the Civil Code, to mention this information in the de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Other obligations

Article 863

…ision is required to inform the parties of the existence of the penalties laid down by articles 850 and 1837. Express mention of this information is made in the deed.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 851

…es where duties are levied on the basis of an estimated declaration by the parties, the declaration and the estimate must be detailed. A declaration of this nature shall, before the execution of the r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Common obligations

Article 871

Moveables, effects, merchandise, wood, fruit, crops and all other movable objects may only be sold publicly and by auction, in the presence and through the ministry of public officers with authority t…

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