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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-251

Directors and the Chief Executive Officer shall be liable individually or jointly and severally, as the case may be, to the company or to third parties, either for infringements of the legislative or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2512

Registration of immovable property and registration of the rights referred to in Article 2521 in the land register are compulsory regardless of the legal status of the owner or holder of the rights. W…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Registration of immovable property and its effects

Article 2518

Any amendment to the title subsequent to registration shall only be evidence of the rights mentioned therein until proven otherwise.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2513

The land register consists of the registers intended for the publication of rights over immovable property. The land register is kept by the real estate property conservation department. It may be kep…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Registration of immovable property and its effects

Article 2516

…any owner, in agreement with the adjoining owners, may waive the bounding. The boundary markers belong to the owner whose property is bounded.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2515

An action to claim an interest in the immovable not disclosed during the registration procedure is inadmissible.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Registration of immovable property and its effects

Article 2517

Registration gives rise to the drawing up of a title deed by the registrar of immovable property. The title deed attests, where necessary, to the status of owner. In the courts, it constitutes the sta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2511

Subject to the provisions of the third and fourth paragraphs of this article, are registered in the Mayotte land register mentioned in article 2513 real estate of any kind, whether built on or not, wi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2510

The registration of an immovable guarantees the right of ownership as well as all other rights recognised in the title deed established at the end of a procedure that reveals all rights already consti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Registration of immovable property and its effects

Article 2519

Title deeds and their registrations retain the rights they record as long as they have not been cancelled or amended and are proof to third parties that the person named therein is vested with the rig…

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