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

Article 765

The value of the rights of habitation and use is set off against the value of the inheritance rights collected by the spouse. If the value of the rights of habitation and use is less than that of his…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 845

An heir who renounces the succession may, however, retain the inter vivos gift or claim the legacy made to him up to the available portion unless the disposing person has expressly required the report…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Presumptions of ownership

Article 754

Sums, securities or objects found in a safe rented jointly to several persons are deemed, in the absence of proof to the contrary and solely for the collection of duties, to be the joint property of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R4311-3

…k equipment or means of protection which has already been effectively used in a Member State of the European Community is considered to be "kept in service" when the operations mentioned in article R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1441-13

I.-The Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment shall set the timetable for the general renewal of the number of industrial tribunal members by means of an order published in the Journal of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Appointment to new or vacant offices

Article R742-24

When an office of clerk of the commercial court cannot be filled by exercising the right of presentation, that office shall be declared vacant by decision of the Minister of Justice, and shall be fill…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Visits by judicial authorities

Article D176

The enforcement judge, the president of the investigating chamber and the public prosecutor visit prisons under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down by the provisions of arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Guidance Council

Article D561-52

The Steering Committee is chaired by a qualified person appointed jointly, for a renewable period of three years, by the Minister of the Economy and the Minister of the Budget, after consultation with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-146

When the consultation of entries in the legal publicity registers gives rise to the issue of a copy, the latter is invoiced in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in an order made pursuan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-21

The draft agreement is communicated to the members of the High Council and to the Government Commissioner at least one month before the meeting at which it is to be examined. The deliberation of the H…

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