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Article 800 of the French General Tax Code

I. – Heirs, legatees or donees, their guardians or curators, are required to complete a detailed declaration.

The following are exempt:

1° The successors in direct line, the surviving spouse and the partner bound by a civil solidarity pact where the gross assets of the succession are less than €50,000 and on condition that these persons have not previously benefited, on the part of the deceased, from an unregistered or undeclared gift or manual donation;

2° Persons other than those referred to in 1° where the gross assets of the succession are less than €3,000.

II. – (Repealed).

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Article 800

I. – Les héritiers, légataires ou donataires, leurs tuteurs ou curateurs, sont tenus de souscrire une déclaration détaillée.

En sont dispensés :

1° Les ayants cause en ligne directe, le conjoint survivant et le partenaire lié par un pacte civil de solidarité lorsque l’actif brut successoral est inférieur à 50 000 € et à la condition que ces personnes n’aient pas bénéficié antérieurement, de la part du défunt, d’une donation ou d’un don manuel non enregistré ou non déclaré ;

2° Les personnes autres que celles visées au 1° lorsque l’actif brut successoral est inférieur à 3 000 €.

II. – (Abrogé).

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