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Article 866 of the French General Tax Code

With the exception of deeds in criminal matters and deeds from lawyer to lawyer, bailiffs are required to draw up their deeds and minutes in two originals; one, exempt from all tax formalities, is given to the party or his representative and the other is kept by the bailiff, under conditions that are laid down by a decree in the Council of State.

As an exception to the provisions of article R. 200-2 of the Book of Tax Procedures, the original, exempt from all tax formalities, may be produced before any judicial or administrative court, even if it is equivalent to a petition initiating proceedings.

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Article 866

A l’exception des actes en matière pénale et des actes d’avocat à avocat, les huissiers sont tenus d’établir leurs actes et procès-verbaux en double original ; l’un, dispensé de toutes formalités fiscales, est remis à la partie ou à son représentant et l’autre est conservé par l’huissier, dans les conditions qui sont fixées par un décret en Conseil d’Etat.

Par dérogation aux dispositions de l’article R. 200-2 du livre des procédures fiscales, l’original dispensé de toutes formalités fiscales pourra être produit devant toutes juridictions judiciaires ou administratives même s’il vaut requête introductive d’instance.

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