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Showing 401410 of 5421 articles for Art. EU Succession — e-Justice

French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Provisions relating to Book III

Article 2508

…nual minimum interprofessional growth wage in force on the day of death up to a limit of 25% of the succession assets and, where applicable, the amount of the surviving spouse's own rights in the succ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Conditions, procedures for issuing authorisation and related obligations

Article D1-12-7

The application for approval shall be sent, if possible by electronic means, to the department for access to law and justice and victim support of the general secretariat of the Ministry of Justice.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1030

The testator may empower the executor to take possession of all or part of the furniture of the estate and to sell it if it is necessary to discharge the particular legacies within the limit of the av…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1410

…spouses were liable on the day of the celebration of their marriage, or which are encumbered by the successions and gifts which devolve upon them during the marriage, remain personal to them, both in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transfer of certain intangible rights, successive rights and rights in dispute

Article 1698

The purchaser, for his part, must reimburse the seller for what the latter has paid for the debts and charges of the estate, and make good to him all that he was credited with, if there is no stipulat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The inventory.

Article 1330

In addition to the particulars prescribed, as the case may be, for deeds drawn up by a judicial auctioneer, a bailiff or a notary, by the laws and regulations applicable to these professions, the inve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° bis : Inheritance tax. Exemption for property and property rights located in Corsica

Article 1135 bis

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, for successions opened between the date of publication of loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse and 31 December 2012, immovable property and immov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-9

If the successful bidder fails to comply with the clauses of the auction, the business shall be sold on reiteration of the bids, in accordance with the forms prescribed by the articles L. 143-6 and L.…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Sale by auction

Article L322-6

The amount of the upset price is set by the pursuing creditor. In the absence of a bid, the creditor is automatically declared the successful bidder at this amount. If the amount of the reserve price…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-5

For each profession and, where applicable, each speciality, the selection board will draw up a list of successful candidates in order of merit, within the limit of the maximum number of people who may…

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