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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 211-3 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1718

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article 595 relating to leases entered into by usufructuaries are applicable to leases entered into by the tutor without the authorisation of the f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1712

Leases of national property, property of communes and public establishments are subject to special regulations.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Leasing of goods.

Article 1713

All kinds of movable or immovable property can be rented.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1717

The lessee has the right to sublet, and even to assign his lease to another, if he has not been prohibited from doing so. It may be prohibited in whole or in part. This clause is always mandatory..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1714

Leases may be made either in writing or verbally, except that, in the case of rural property, the special rules for farm and share leases shall apply..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1711

These two kinds of hire are further subdivided into several particular species:"Lease to rent" is called the hire of houses and that of furniture;"Farm lease", that of rural hereditaments;"Rent", the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1710

The hire of work is a contract by which one of the parties undertakes to do something for the other, in return for a price agreed between them.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1716

When there is a dispute about the price of a verbal lease whose execution has begun, and there is no receipt, the owner will be believed on his oath, if the tenant does not prefer to ask for an expert…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1715

If the lease made without writing has not yet received any performance, and one of the parties denies it, proof cannot be received by witnesses, however small the price, and however much it may be all…

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