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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Inheritance reserve and available share

Article 912

The hereditary reserve is that part of the estate's assets and rights which the law ensures devolve free of encumbrances to certain heirs known as reservataires, if they are called to the succession a…

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

Article 930-3

The renouncer may only request the revocation of his renunciation if: 1° The person he is entitled to inherit from does not fulfil his maintenance obligations towards him; 2° On the day the succession…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° : Property damaged or unavailable outside France

Article 766

The basis of assessment for transfer duties on death relating to securities, sums, values or assets of any kind which have been made unavailable outside France as a result of measures taken by a forei…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Personal property

Article 760

For term claims, the duty is levied on the capital expressed in the deed and which is the subject of the deed.However, gratuitous transfer duties are liquidated on the basis of the estimated declarati…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions.

Article 1371

The court appointed shall ensure that the division operations are carried out properly and that the time limit provided for in Article 1369 is observed. To this end he may, even ex officio, issue inju…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Affixing seals.

Article 1313

The bailiff deposits with the notary responsible for settling the estate, or, if there is no notary, either in his office or with a bank, any securities, sums, valuables, jewellery or other precious o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-21

Under penalty of nullity of the contract, managers or members other than legal entities are prohibited from contracting, in any form whatsoever, loans from the company, from being granted an overdraft…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-311

Midwives are prohibited from distributing remedies, appliances or any other products presented as having a health benefit for profit. They are prohibited from dispensing unauthorised medicines.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-3

Branches of foreign companies established in the territory of the French Republic referred to in 4° of I of article L. 310-2 appoint one or more statutory auditors. The statutory auditors shall certif…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-3-1

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this chapter.

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