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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Public and private documents

Article 637 bis

Deeds for perpetual concessions in cemeteries are exempt from the registration formality.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Fb: Purchase of a company by its employees or by members of the seller's family

Article 732 bis

Acquisitions of corporate rights made by a company created with a view to acquiring another company under the conditions provided for in Article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Real estate (main residence)

Article 764 bis

…day of death when, on the same date, this property is also occupied as a main residence by the surviving spouse, by the partner linked to the deceased by a civil solidarity pact or by one or more min…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Rules common to movable and immovable property

Article 763 bis

The right of return provided for in

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Pensions and compensation for personal injury

Article 775 bis

Annuities and compensation paid or due to the deceased as compensation for bodily injury resulting from an accident or illness are deductible from the assets of the estate at their nominal value..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Rules common to movable and immovable property

Article 762 bis

For the purposes of calculating gratuitous transfer duties, the value of the rights of habitation and use is 60% of the value of the usufruct determined in accordance with I of Article 669.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Special schemes for agriculture

Article 707 bis

…of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, does not give rise to the levying of a new proportional tax.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Regional planning and development

Article 722 bis

…e time of the transfer, to maintain the operation of the property acquired for a minimum period of five years from that date. When the undertaking provided for in the second paragraph is not complied…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Contributions levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1613 bis

…er within the meaning of Community regulations, and which contain more than 35 grams of sugar or equivalent sweetening per litre expressed as invert sugar,are subject to a tax levied for the benefit o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Transfer by deed executed abroad of interests in foreign real estate companies whose assets consist mainly of real estate or real estate rights located in France

Article 718 bis

When effected by deed executed abroad, transfers of holdings in legal entities with a preponderance of real estate assets as defined in 2° of I of Article 726 are subject to registration duty under th…

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