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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496

I. - The rental value of premises allocated to residential use or used for home-based salaried activity is determined by comparison with that of reference premises chosen, in the municipality, for eac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1497

By way of derogation from Article 1496 I, housing premises of an exceptional nature are valued under the conditions provided for in Article 1498, as in force on 31 December 2016.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the registration

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-10

The court sends the association a draft notice for publication intended for a newspaper for legal announcements.The association pays the publication costs directly to the newspaper and sends proof of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1499

Under this regime, in addition to the debts that would form part of it under the legal regime, a fraction of the debts of which the spouses were already burdened when they married, or of which they ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1498

Where the spouses agree that there shall be community of movables and acquests between them, the common assets shall include, in addition to the property which would form part of them under the regime…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations and contributions to liabilities after dissolution.

Article 1490

The provisions of the preceding articles shall not prevent a clause in the partition, without prejudice to the rights of third parties, from obliging either spouse to pay a proportion of debts other t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obligations and contributions to liabilities after dissolution.

Article 1491

In the event of dissolution of the community, the heirs of the spouses exercise the same rights as the spouse they represent and are subject to the same obligations.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 149

If one of the two is dead or unable to express his or her will, the consent of the other is sufficient. It is not necessary to produce the death certificate of the father or mother of one of the futur…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to appeals and actions for annulment

Article 1495

An appeal and an action for annulment shall be lodged, investigated and decided in accordance with the rules relating to procedure in contentious matters set out in Articles 900 to 930-1.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to appeals and actions for annulment

Article 1498

Where the award is subject to provisional enforcement or where 2° of Article 1497, the First President or, as soon as the matter is referred to him, the Conseiller de la mise en état may grant exequat…

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