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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2406

Registration fees are payable by the debtors.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2404

…tration made: 1° By the author of the police order issued pursuant to chapitre Ier du titre Ier du livre V ou de l'article L. 521-3-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation when the demolition…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…tgage is attached are as follows: 1° The claim for the sale price of an immovable is secured on it; 2° The claim of the person who provided the funds for the acquisition of an immovable is secured on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2405

By way of derogation from Article 2404, the mortgage may also be preserved solely by registration of the debt recovery instrument, up to its value.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2407

…their expense of a release order prior to the registration of the recovery order as provided for in 2° of the same article renders the first registration null and void. Mention is made of the cancella…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 265-2

The spouses may, during the divorce proceedings, enter into any agreements for the liquidation and division of their matrimonial property regime. Where the liquidation relates to property subject to l…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 280-2

Any reversionary pensions paid in respect of the deceased spouse are automatically deducted from the amount of the compensatory allowance, where the latter, on the date of death, took the form of an a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV bis: Conflict of laws rules

Article 202-1

The qualities and conditions required to be able to contract marriage are governed, for each of the spouses, by their personal law. Whatever the applicable personal law, marriage requires the consent…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article L424-2

Where the locally applicable regulations so provide, the investigators and Secretary General of the French Anti-Doping Agency are authorised to intervene in French Polynesia to investigate and establi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning the Banque de France

Article L164-2

Any Banque de France employee who violates the professional secrecy established in the first paragraph of Article L. 142-9 shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the French…

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