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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2456

…e, the third-party purchaser may: -either pay, -or purge the property in accordance with the rules set out in the following sub-section, -or allow itself to be seized.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2452

It may be agreed in the mortgage agreement that the creditor will become the owner of the mortgaged property. However, this clause has no effect on an immovable that is the debtor's principal residenc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2454

…d, the mortgagee may take legal action for the sale of the mortgaged property under the conditions set out in Book III of the

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2451

The mortgagee may also apply to the court for the property, if it is not the principal residence of the grantor, to remain in payment to him.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the administration and prescription of vaccines

Article R6212-2

…to persons whose age conditions and, where applicable, pathologies are specified by these decrees. II - Vaccines are prescribed and administered within the medical biology laboratory under the follow…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-22

The following are considered as partially deductible resources pursuant to 2° of article R. 5131-20 : 1° All income from an employed or self-employed activity; 2° Legal or contractual aid to employees…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Observatory for medical and healthcare-related risks

Article L1142-29

…s attached to the Office national d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales, the purpose of which is to analyse data relating to medical accident…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 295

…oods carried out within the limits of each of the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion;2° Sales and imports of rice into the department of Réunion;3° (Repealed)4° (Repealed)5° In the depa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of the Assize Court

Article 231

Subject to the provisions of article 380-16, the assize court has full jurisdiction to try, at first instance or on appeal, the persons referred to it by the decision to indict.It may not hear any oth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Composition of the Assize Court

Article 242

The assize court is, at the hearing, assisted by a court clerk. In Paris and in the departments where a court of appeal sits, the duties of the registry are performed by a director of judicial registr…

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