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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1085

If the statement referred to in the preceding article has not been appended to the deed containing the gift of the present and future property, the donee will be obliged to accept or repudiate this gi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-100

…General Meeting has not been convened within this period, the Public Prosecutor or any shareholder may apply to the president of the competent court ruling in summary proceedings in order to enjoin,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1072

…any other investigative measure and subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of article 373-2-12 of the Civil Code, the judge may, even of his own motion, order a social enquiry if he consider…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Judicial divorce by mutual consent

Article 1090

…te and place of their marriage; the same particulars, where applicable, for each of their children; 2° The information provided for in Article 1075; 3° An indication of the court before which the clai…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1013

In addition to the cases in which the Chamber rules in restricted formation, the President may, in particular when the complexity of the case justifies it, appoint two rapporteurs from among the counc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1079

The compensatory allowance may not be provisionally enforced. However, it may be provisionally enforced in whole or in part, where failure to enforce would have manifestly excessive consequences for t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-13

…of cinematographic establishments of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree n° 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for the management of the en…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1007

…ition of the will, specifying the circumstances of the deposit. In the case provided for in article 1006, the notary shall verify the conditions of the legatee's seisin with regard to the universal na…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 1000

Wills made in a foreign country may not be executed on property situated in France until they have been registered at the office of the testator's domicile, if he has retained one, otherwise at the of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Professional elections.

Article 1007

…red to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 1005 or to Article 1006 may be made to that lawyer, where appropriate, by notification between lawye…

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