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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 184

Any marriage contracted in contravention of the provisions contained in articles 144, 146, 146-1, 147, 161, 162 and 163 may be challenged, within thirty years of its celebration, either by the spouses…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Composition of goods on deposit.

Article 184

1. Goods in bonded warehouses remain at the risk of their owners; their deterioration, alteration or loss while in bonded warehouses shall not give rise to any claim for damages, whatever the cause. 2…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Transfer of shares.

Article 1867

Any partner may obtain the consent of the other partners to a proposed pledge under the same conditions as their consent to a transfer of shares. The consent given to the proposed pledge shall imply a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Composition of goods on deposit.

Article 182

1. The Customs Department shall automatically place in storage : a) goods which, on importation, have not been declared in detail within the legal time limit ; b) goods which remain in customs for any…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Grazing land.

Article 180

1. Animals belonging to the categories referred to in Article 208 below which are to graze outside the Customs territory must be the subject of acquits-à-caution by which the exporters undertake to re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 181

If the examining magistrate considers that the acts charged against the persons under investigation constitute an offence classified as a crime by law, he shall order their indictment before the assiz…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1810

In addition to the penalties provided for in articles 1791 to 1794, the offences referred to below are punishable by one year's imprisonment, increased to three years for the offences mentioned in 10°…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Sale of goods in storage.

Article 188

1. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied, in order of priority and up to the amount of the proceeds :a) to the payment of costs and other incidental expenses of all kinds incurred by the Customs o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1575

…he present code is applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in its wording resulting from decree n° 2023-686 of 29 July 2023 with the exception of the provisions of Titles IV and V of Book II, Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-12

In the event of the alienation of all or part of an undivided co-owner's rights in the undivided property, or in one or more of these properties, the co-undivided co-owners benefit from the rights of…

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