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Article 769 of the French General Tax Code

Debts payable by the deceased, which were contracted for the purchase of property included in the estate and exempt from death duties or in the interest of such property, are set off by priority against the value of the said property.

The same applies to debts secured by property exempt from death duties, where it is established that the loan or loans were contracted by the deceased or his spouse with a view to exempting all or part of his estate from the application of such duties.

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Article 769

Les dettes à la charge du défunt, qui ont été contractées pour l’achat de biens compris dans la succession et exonérés des droits de mutation par décès ou dans l’intérêt de tels biens, sont imputées par priorité sur la valeur desdits biens.

Il en est de même des dettes garanties par des biens exonérés des droits de mutation par décès, lorsqu’il est établi que le ou les emprunts ont été contractés par le de cujus ou son conjoint en vue de soustraire tout ou partie de son patrimoine à l’application de ces droits.

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