I. – Contributions are registered free of charge.
II. – (Repealed).
III. – The standard rate of registration duty or land registration tax levied on the contributions referred to in 3° of I, I bis and II of Article 809 is set at 2.20% for contributions relating to immovable property or immovable property rights and, according to the rate provided for in Article 719, for those relating to goodwill, a customer base, a right to a lease or to a promise to lease.
However, except in the case of real estate or real estate rights that are not included in the contribution of all fixed assets allocated to the exercise of a professional activity, these contributions are registered free of charge if the contributor, or the partners in the event of a change of tax regime, undertake to hold the securities given in consideration for the contribution or held on the date of the change of tax regime for three years.
In the event of non-compliance with the undertaking to retain the securities, or, for the contributions referred to in I bis of Article 809, if the company ceases to meet the conditions that enabled it to benefit from this advantage, the duty provided for in the first paragraph of this III plus the additional taxes is payable immediately.
However, the reversal is not made in the event of a gift, if the donee makes, in the deed, and complies with the undertaking to retain the securities until the end of the third year following the contribution or the change of tax regime.
Assets which have not been subject to the proportional duty mentioned in the first paragraph of this III are subject to transfer duty for valuable consideration if they are allocated, at the time of the division of the company, to a shareholder other than the contributor and to the regime provided for in 3° of the I of article 809 if they are contributed to another company liable to corporation tax.
III bis. – (Provision no longer applicable).
III ter. – (Provisions no longer applicable).
IV. – The free registration referred to in I replaces the proportional duties referred to in III for contributions of immovable property falling within the scope of value added tax.
V. – (Repealed).
VI. – The transactions referred to in I and II of Article 208 septies are registered free of charge.