D: Special schemes and exemptions

I. – 1. For the purposes of this Code, “trust” means all legal relationships created in the law of a State other than France by a person who has the status of settlor, by inter vivos deed or mortis causa, with a view to placing assets or rights therein, under the control of an administrator, in the interest of one or more beneficiaries or for the achievement of a specific…

When a transfer is recorded with a liberal intention of assets or rights that are the subject of a trust contract or of the fruits derived from the exploitation of these assets or rights, the transfer duties for no consideration apply to the value of the assets, rights or fruits thus transferred, assessed on the date of this transfer. They are calculated in accordance with the rate applicable between non-relatives…

Sont exonérés des droits de mutation à titre gratuit : 1.1° (Expired); 2° (Repealed); 3° interest shares held in a forestry group up to three-quarters of the fraction of the net value corresponding to the assets referred to in a below and sums deposited in a forestry investment and insurance account provided for in Chapter II of Title V of Book III of the Forestry Code, provided: a. that the…

The partial exemption provided for in 4° of 1 and 3° of 2 of article 793 is subject to the condition that the property remains the property of the donee, heir and legatee for five years from the date of the gratuitous transfer. Where this condition is not met, the duties are recalled, increased by the late payment interest referred to in Article 1727. When the total value of the…

The exemption provided for in 4°, 5° and 6° of 2 of article 793 is capped at €46,000 per share received by each of the donees, heirs or legatees. For the purposes of assessing this €46,000 limit, account is taken of all gratuitous transfers made by the same person.

When the undertaking provided for in the fourth paragraph of 6° of 2 of article 793 is not complied with, the duties are recalled, increased by the late payment interest referred to in article 1727.

I. – The regions, départements, communes, their public establishments and public hospital establishments are exempt from free transfer duties on assets allocated to non-profit-making activities that come to them by gift or inheritance. II. – The provisions of I are applicable to gifts made to social security administration and management bodies and to the general provident fund for seamen and their families in the event of accident, illness, disability and…

The following are exempt from free transfer duties: 1° Gifts and bequests of works of art, monuments or objects of historical interest, books, printed matter or manuscripts, made to establishments with civil status, other than those referred to in I of Article 794, if these works and objects are intended to feature in a public collection; 2° Gifts and legacies made to public or charitable establishments meeting the characteristics mentioned…

I. – The free transfer tax exemptions referred to in articles 794 and 795 also apply to gifts and legacies made to legal entities or organisations of the same nature as those mentioned in the same articles, constituted on the basis of foreign law and whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic…

Free transfer duties are waived on immovable property by nature or purpose that is, for the most part, classified or listed as a historic monument, as well as movable property that is a historical or artistic complement to it, provided that the heirs, donees or legatees have entered into an agreement with the competent administrative authority, after receiving the assent of the minister responsible for the budget, an agreement for…