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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1016

…tion duties shall be payable by the legatee. All, if not otherwise ordered by the will. Each legacy may be registered separately, without such registration benefiting anyone other than the legatee or…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment of ancillary measures

Article 1083

…under appeal, the modification of provisionally enforceable ancillary measures pursuant to Article 1074-1, in the event of the occurrence of a new fact, may only be requested, depending on the case,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1084

A gift by marriage contract may be made cumulatively of present and future property, in whole or in part, on condition that a statement of the donor's debts and charges existing on the day of the gift…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1009

The First President, or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor, reduce the time limits laid down for the fil…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Professional elections.

Article 1007

…red to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 1005 or to Article 1006 may be made to that lawyer, where appropriate, by notification between lawye…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1049

A liberality thus granted may only take effect in respect of property or rights that are identifiable at the date of transmission and subsist in kind at the death of the encumbered person. Where it re…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 1000

Wills made in a foreign country may not be executed on property situated in France until they have been registered at the office of the testator's domicile, if he has retained one, otherwise at the of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The civil register

Article 1060

…the indication that it entails the cancellation of previous entries. The indication of cancellation may also be made following the entries provided for by articles 1292 and 1300-4 where the interested…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056

…in the civil status registers must state the forenames and surnames of the parties and, as the case may be, the place where the transcription is to be made or the places and dates of the records in th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Assessment of duties and taxes.

Article 108

…the retail declaration. 2. In the event of a reduction in the rate of customs duties, the declarant may request the application of the new tariff which is more favourable than that which was in force…

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