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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1125

The filing of deeds and documents required to reconstitute mortgage documentation destroyed by a case of force majeure is exempt from all duties and taxes, as well as from the contribution provided fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

I.-The AMF establishes and applies limits on the size of a net position that a person may hold at any time: 1° In agricultural commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offer and acceptance

Article 1117

The offer lapses on expiry of the period set by the offeror or, failing that, on expiry of a reasonable period.It also lapses in the event of the incapacity or death of the offeror, or the death of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offer and acceptance

Article 1114

The offer, which may be made to a specific or unspecified person, includes the essential elements of the proposed contract and expresses the offeror's intention to be bound in the event of acceptance.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection V: Divorce on conversion of legal separation

Article 1131

Unless the legal separation has been pronounced by mutual consent, the application for conversion shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the ordinary written procedure. No counter…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Marriages. Dissentiment of parents

Article 1129

Subject to the provisions of

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1145

The divorce agreement is signed together, by the spouses and their lawyers meeting together for this purpose, in triplicate or, under the same conditions, by electronic signature. Where applicable, th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Representation

Article 1161

In matters of representation of natural persons, a representative may not act on behalf of several parties to the contract in opposition of interests or contract on his own behalf with the principal.I…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Negotiations

Article 1112

The initiative, conduct and termination of pre-contractual negotiations are free. They must imperatively satisfy the requirements of good faith.In the event of fault committed in the negotiations, com…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1195

Summons and notifications shall be made by the court registry by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The judge may, however, decide that they shall be made by a bailiff's writ, where ap…

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