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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1572

…ithout excluding any sums of which he or she may be a creditor to his or her spouse. If there is a divorce, separation from bed and board or early liquidation of acquests, the matrimonial property reg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1579

If the application of the valuation rules set out in articles 1571 and 1574 above should lead to a result manifestly contrary to equity, the court may derogate from it at the request of one of the spo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1581

…388 and 1389. In particular, they may agree to an unequal sharing clause, or stipulate that the survivor of them, or one of them if he or she survives, will be entitled to all the net acquests made by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1570

…by succession or gift, as well as all property which, under the regime of legal community, forms private property by nature without giving rise to a reward. No account is taken of the fruits of these…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1573

…d with property not included in the original patrimony and disposed of by the spouse by gift inter vivos without the spouse's consent, as well as property fraudulently alienated by the spouse. Disposa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1574

…rding to their value on the day of its liquidation. Assets that have been alienated by gifts inter vivos, or in fraud of the spouse's rights, are estimated according to their condition on the day of a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1576

The participation claim gives rise to a cash payment. If the debtor spouse encounters serious difficulties in paying it in full as soon as the liquidation is closed, the judges may grant him or her pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Sterilisation for contraceptive purposes.

Article L2444-1

Articles L. 2123-1 and L. 2123-2 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules governing professional practice

Article L4134-1

Medical prescriptions for corrective lenses indicate the patient's pupillary distance.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-2

Aid for collective operations is granted to legal entities meeting the conditions set out in article 632-3.

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