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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
Paragraph 3: The right to temporary accommodation and the right to lifetime accommodation

Article 766

The successor spouse and the heirs may, by agreement, convert the rights of habitation and use into a life annuity or a capital sum. If there is among the successors party to the agreement a minor or…

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

Article 764

…ly dependent on the succession, has over this dwelling, until his or her death, a right of dwelling and a right of use over the furniture, included in the succession, furnishing it. The deprivation of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704

…d to the jurisdiction of several courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, investigation and, if the offences are misdemeanours, the trial of the following offences: 1° Offences provided fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
d: Special schemes for agriculture

Article 708

Exchanges of rural property carried out in accordance with articles L. 124-3 and L. 124-4 of the rural and maritime fishing code are exempt from land registration tax or, where applicable, registratio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I bis: Tax on the market value of real estate owned in France by legal entities

Article 990 E

…rticle 990 D is not applicable:1° To international organisations, sovereign States, their political and territorial subdivisions, and to legal persons, bodies, trusts or comparable institutions that t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2-1: Judicial measures to help manage the family budget

Article 375-9-2

The mayor or his representative on the council for the rights and duties of families may refer the matter to the children's judge, jointly with the body responsible for family benefits, to inform him,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-9

…arts of the description or the missing drawings are submitted within the period provided for in 2°, and if the application claims the priority of an earlier application, the filing date shall remain t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation (R)

Article R1115-9

I.-The representatives of local and regional authorities are appointed for a renewable term of three years by order of the Prime Minister. They may not serve beyond their elected term of office. They…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Id : Multi-territorial exploitation licences for online rights in musical works

Article R321-9

…ice providers to which they have granted an authorisation, to the holders of the rights they manage and to the other collective management organisations, updated information enabling the identificatio…

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