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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 763

…ath, the successor spouse actually occupies, as his or her principal dwelling, a dwelling belonging to the spouses or wholly dependent on the succession, he or she has by right, for one year, the free…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 765

…hts of habitation and use is greater than his or her inheritance rights, the spouse is not required to reward the estate for the excess.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 766

The successor spouse and the heirs may, by agreement, convert the rights of habitation and use into a life annuity or a capital sum. If there is among the successors party to the agreement a minor or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 764

…who actually occupied, at the time of death, as his or her principal dwelling, a dwelling belonging to the spouses or wholly dependent on the succession, has over this dwelling, until his or her death…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-4

…Trade of electricity. 35.23Z Trade of gaseous fuels through mains. 45.11Z Sale of cars and light motor vehicles. 45.19Z Sale of other motor vehicles. 45.31Z Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and acces…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-5

…rders on application. The clerk's duties in the national law of companies in difficulty. Injunction to pay. Procedural time limits. Oral Judicial organisation The various courts, and in particular wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-6

…mercial summary proceedings and orders on petition.Procedure for companies in difficulty.Injunction to pay.Procedural time limits.Legal aid.IV. - Professional regulations for the commercial court cler…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-9

…with its images from the extract from the authenticated electronic Official Journal No. 247 of 23 October 2019, text No. 15, accessible at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe 8-7

…th this appendix. The syllabus for the tests for the certificate of aptitude for the duties of statutory auditor assumes that the syllabus for the tests for the preparatory certificate for the duties…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Pharmaceutical establishments in public health establishments.

Article R5124-70

In support of the application for authorisation provided for in article L. 5124-3, public health establishments must prove that they were manufacturing medicinal products industrially on 31 December 1…

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