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Showing 311320 of 5421 articles for Art. EU Succession — e-Justice

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 771

…heir may not be forced to opt before the expiry of a period of four months from the opening of the succession. At the expiry of this period, he may be summoned, by extrajudicial act, to take sides at…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Specific legacies

Article 767

…rs or universal legatees are burdened with particular legacies of sums of money not existing in the succession and they have paid the duty on all the assets of this same succession, the same duty is n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 850

The report is only made to the donor's estate.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1215

…n the absence of known heirs, refer the matter to the deceased's notary with a view to settling the succession or, failing this, ask the president of the departmental chamber of notaries to appoint on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-7

…the garde des sceaux, ministre de la justice, and allowing the practice of the profession in a non-EU Member State admitting French nationals to practice statutory auditing; b) Three years' professio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Opening of estates, universal title and seisin

Article 720

Inheritances are opened by death, at the last domicile of the deceased.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The list of suitable candidates

Article R742-17

On the list of suitable candidates are those successful candidates who have completed their probationary period or who have been granted an exemption from the probationary period pursuant to articles…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 763

…s, as his or her principal dwelling, a dwelling belonging to the spouses or wholly dependent on the succession, he or she has by right, for one year, the free enjoyment of this dwelling, as well as th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1029

…use the furniture to be sold if there are insufficient liquid assets to pay the urgent debts of the succession.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2524

Any deed relating to a right that may be registered must, for the purposes of registration, be drawn up in authentic form by a notary, a court of general jurisdiction or a public authority. Any deed i…

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