Article 1042 of the French General Tax Code
I. – Subject to the provisions of I of Article 257, real estate acquisitions made out of court and for valuable consideration by communes or syndicates of communes, public land establishments created pursuant to Articles L. 324-1 et seq. of the town planning code, departments, regions and by communal, departmental or regional public establishments do not give rise to any collection for the benefit of the Treasury. The same applies…