Translation of "Droit sur les legs " (French → English) :

(3) No agreement relating to duties imposed by a province on any legacy, succession or inheritance may be entered into by the Minister, pursuant to this section, that applies to any such duties imposed in the case of the death of any person whose death occurred after 1974.

(3) No agreement relating to duties imposed by a province on any legacy, succession or inheritance may be entered into by the Minister, pursuant to this section, that applies to any such duties imposed in the case of the death of any person whose death occurred after 1974.

In order to simplify the lives of heirs and legatees habitually resident in a Member State other than that in which the succession is being or will be dealt with, this Regulation should allow any person entitled under the law applicable to the succession to make declarations concerning the acceptance or waiver of the succession, of a legacy or of a reserved share, or concerning the limitation of his liability for the debts under the succession, to make such declarations in the form provided for by the law of the Member State of his ha ...[+++]bitual residence before the courts of that Member State.

(e)the transfer to the heirs and, as the case may be, to the legatees of the assets, rights and obligations forming part of the estate, including the conditions and effects of the acceptance or waiver of the succession or of a legacy.

the transfer to the heirs and, as the case may be, to the legatees of the assets, rights and obligations forming part of the estate, including the conditions and effects of the acceptance or waiver of the succession or of a legacy.

The Commission proposal provides for the following: with respect to cultural workers: a system for spreading such workers' incomes over several tax years in applying income taxes; with respect to cultural foundations: appropriate tax exemption for cultural foundations approved by Member States; with respect to patronage: appropriate tax deductions for gifts and bequests to approved cultural bodies or institutions, and tax deductions applicable to patronage where a cash gift or bequest is made to an approved body or person in a Member State other than that in which the patron is resident; with respect to succession duty: the system whe ...[+++]reby succession duty can be settled through the surrender of works of art approved by the competent authorities; with respect to the private architectural heritage: an abatement from the valuee of buildings forming part of that heritage which are subject to "cultural servitudes" arising either from legislation relating to listed buildings or from the fact that they are open to the public, where that value serves as a basis for calculating such taxes as land tax, transfer dduty, annual wealth tax and succession duty; and the deduction from the taxable incomes of the taxpayers concerned of expenditure inccurred in conserving and maintaining those buildings; with respect to cultural investments: a system which does not impose tax disadvantages on cultural investments, and in particular will eliminatee possible tax obstacles to the development of cinema and television co-productions; with respect to widening the audiance: that the Member States will not discourage demand for cultural goods and services by applying high rates of value added tax or of other taxes (1) COM(85) 194 - 2 - The Commission has chosen to couch its proposal in the form of a Resolution so that the Council and the Ministers responsible for Cultural Affairs meeting within the Council can enter into a definite political commitment which at the same time forms the f ...