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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-8

In municipalities with a population of 1,000 or more, the municipal council draws up its own rules of procedure within six months of taking office. The by-laws previously adopted continue to apply unt…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book I: Provisions common to all courts

Article 748-8

…ion by which a party consents to the use of electronic means must include his or her e-mail address and mobile telephone number, and the party must notify the court of any changes to these details. Th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-3

The appointment decision is registered and published.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-6

The acts referred to in article

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-9

The judgment appointing the estate agent sets the duration of his assignment and his remuneration. At the request of one of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 813-1 or Article 81…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-4

…titioners, any balance due is payable in cash. However, in the cases provided for in articles 831-3 and 832, the assignee may require his co-sharers to pay a fraction of the balance, equal to no more…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Undivided usufruct.

Article 815-18

…re compatible with the rules of usufruct. The notifications provided for by articles 815-14, 815-15 and 815-16 must be sent to any bare owner and any usufructuary. However, a usufructuary may only acq…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-1

The judge may appoint any qualified person, natural or legal, as a mandatary of the succession, for the purpose of temporarily administering the succession due to the inertia, failure or fault of one…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-8

Any clause by which the disposing party deprives of the gift a person who would question the validity of an inalienability clause or request authorisation to alienate is deemed unwritten.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 860-1

The ratio of a sum of money is equal to its amount. However, if it has been used to acquire property, the ratio is due from the value of that property, under the conditions provided for in Article 860…

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