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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 662

…duties:1° When they do not give rise to the merged formality, the deeds referred to in 1 of article 635 ;2° The acts referred to in 1°, 5°, 7° and 7° bis of 2 of article 635 and in article 636 and gen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 669

…wnershipLess than :21 years of age90 %10 %31 years of age80 %20 %41 years of age70 %30 %51 years old60%40%61 years old50%50%71 years of age40 %60 %81 years of age30 %70 %91 years of age20 %80 %Over 91…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 675

Proportional or progressive taxes are rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 665

The provisions subject to land publicity or registration in the Mayotte land register of judicial decisions and deeds excluded from the scope of the merged formality are subject to registration duties…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 670

Where a deed contains two provisions which are tariffed differently but which, because of their correlation, are not such as to give rise to a plurality of duties or taxes, the provision which serves…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 681

The rates of the land registration tax are applicable for the liquidation of registration duties due on the basis of provisions subject to land registration in judicial decisions and deeds excluded fr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Monitoring the insurance obligation

Article A211-6

As regards the supporting document provided for in Article R. 211-15, the following must be indicated under the vehicle's characteristics: 1° In all cases, the type and make of the vehicle ; 2° In the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article R2121-6

…provisional suspension of the town council provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2121-6, the prefect shall immediately report to the Minister of the Interior.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-61

Consent to the execution of a will or gift between spouses (number 6 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, if the consent is equivalent t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-8

For the purposes of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union through criminal law…

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