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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice of concession

Article R3122-1

…otice shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-6

The sports association must hold at least one third of the share capital and voting rights at the general meeting of the limited company with a sporting object that it has created. Except in the case…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 843

…e inheritance share. Legacies made to an heir are deemed to have been made outside the share of the succession, unless the testator has expressed his will to the contrary, in which case the legatee ma…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The opening of the vacancy.

Article 809-2

As soon as he is appointed, the curator has an estimated inventory drawn up, item by item, of the assets and liabilities of the estate by a judicial auctioneer, bailiff or notary, according to the law…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-9

In the succession of a child who has consented to his or her own descendants being allotted in his or her place, the property received by them from the ascendant is treated as if they held it from the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Early waiver of the reduction action

Article 930-4

…so jure. The application for revocation is made within one year, from the day of the opening of the succession, if it is based on neediness. It is made within one year, from the day of the act imputed…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1405

…ssessed on the day of the celebration of the marriage, or which they acquire during the marriage by succession, gift or legacy, remains separate. The gift may stipulate that the property which is the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure

Article L694-5

A judgment dismissing the coordinator pursuant to Article 75 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2015/848 may not be appealed.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-2

…tudies governed by the décret n° 81-537 du 12 mai 1981 relatif au diplôme d'études comptables supérieures ou du diplôme d'études supérieures comptables et financières ou ont validé au moins quatre des…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-9

Only persons meeting the conditions mentioned in 1° to 3° of I of article L. 321-4 are authorised to direct the sale, to designate the last bidder as the successful bidder or to declare the property n…

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