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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 955

Passports, national identity cards and passport visas to be issued to persons who are genuinely indigent and recognised as being unable to pay for them, are issued free of charge..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Calculation of tax

Article 980

…nd real estate rights located outside France or on the value of the shares defined in 2° of article 965 representative of these same assets.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Applications for naturalisation and reinstatement and declarations of acquisition of nationality by reason of marriage

Article 959

…recognised as being unable to pay the amount are exempt from the stamp duty provided for in article 958

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 968

The assets mentioned in article 965 given a usufruct, a right of habitation or a right of use granted on a personal basis are included in the assets of the usufructuary or the holder of the right for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Reporting obligations

Article 982

…axpayers shall mention the gross value and the net taxable value of the assets mentioned in article 965 on the annual declaration provided for in article 170. They attach to this declaration schedules…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 966

I.-For the application of article 965, the management by a company or organisation of its own property assets is not considered to be an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or liberal activity…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Control and litigation

Article 981

Unless otherwise provided, the rules relating to the control and litigation of registration duties apply to the tax on real estate wealth.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Calculation of tax

Article 979

I.-The real estate wealth tax of a taxpayer whose tax residence is in France is reduced by the difference between, on the one hand, the total of this tax and the taxes due in France and abroad in resp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 998

By derogation from Article 991 are exempt from the special tax: 1° Group insurance and collective operations underwritten by a company or group of companies for the benefit of their employees or by a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Taxable agreements

Article 991

Any insurance agreement entered into with an insurance company or company or with any other French or foreign insurer is subject, regardless of the place and date at which it is or was entered into, t…

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