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Article 257 bis of the French General Tax Code

When a total or partial universality of goods is transferred for valuable consideration, free of charge or in the form of a contribution to a company between persons liable for value added tax, no supply of goods or services is deemed to take place.

The joining or leaving of a taxable person as a member of a single taxable person constituted pursuant to article 256 C constitutes the transfer of a total universality benefiting from the provisions of this article.

The beneficiary is deemed to continue the person of the transferor, in particular for the purposes of the regularisations of the tax deducted by the latter, as well as, where applicable, for the application of the provisions of e of 1 of article 266, of article 268 or from article 297 A.

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Article 257 bis

Lors de la transmission à titre onéreux, à titre gratuit ou sous forme d’apport à une société d’une universalité totale ou partielle de biens effectuée entre redevables de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée, aucune livraison de biens ou prestation de services n’est réputée intervenir.

L’adhésion ou la sortie d’un assujetti en tant que membre d’un assujetti unique constitué en application de l’article 256 C constitue le transfert d’une universalité totale bénéficiant des dispositions du présent article.

Le bénéficiaire est réputé continuer la personne du cédant, notamment à raison des régularisations de la taxe déduite par ce dernier, ainsi que, s’il y a lieu, pour l’application des dispositions du e du 1 de l’article 266, de l’article 268 ou de l’article 297 A.

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