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Article R444-59 of the French Commercial code

Where a deed contains several agreements that derive from or depend on each other, only the fee for the main agreement is charged.

If the agreements are independent and give rise to separate duties for registration, land registration tax or value added tax, the emoluments are due for each of them even if they are included in a single deed.

The temporary agreement and the final agreement provided for in article 1091 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be considered as a single act.

The fee is reduced by half for deeds concluded subject to a condition precedent: the same applies to imperfect deeds lacking the signature of at least one of the parties. As soon as the suspensive conditions have been fulfilled or the deed has been perfected, the fee is due in full, less the portion received for the conditional or imperfect deed.

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Article R444-59
Lorsqu’un acte contient plusieurs conventions dérivant ou dépendant les unes des autres, seul est perçu l’émolument de la convention principale.


Si les conventions sont indépendantes et donnent lieu à des droits distincts pour l’enregistrement, la taxe de publicité foncière ou la taxe à la valeur ajoutée, les émoluments sont dus pour chacune d’elles même si elles sont comprises dans un seul acte.


Sont considérés comme un seul acte la convention temporaire et la convention définitive prévue à l’article 1091 du code de procédure civile.


L’émolument est réduit de moitié pour les actes conclus sous condition suspensive : il en est de même pour les actes imparfaits sur lesquels fait défaut la signature de l’une au moins des parties. Dès réalisation des conditions suspensives ou perfection de l’acte, l’émolument est dû en entier, sous déduction de la part perçue sur l’acte conditionnel ou imparfait.



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