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Showing 191200 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-74

The real estate investment trust is represented vis-à-vis third parties by the company responsible for its management. This company may take legal action to defend or assert the rights or interests of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-81

…a company referred to in 2° of I of article L. 214-36 and by a real estate investment fund, a professional real estate investment fund or a body governed by foreign law, as referred to in the last sen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-84

…bution are determined by the fund rules. The management company acts as liquidator under the supervision of the custodian. Failing this, the liquidator shall be appointed by the courts at the request…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1520

The spouses may derogate from the equal division established by law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1525

…and the full allocation clause are not deemed to be donations, either in substance or in form, but simply marriage agreements and agreements between partners. Unless otherwise stipulated, they do not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1524

…ution of the entire community can only be agreed for the event of survival, either in favour of a designated spouse or in favour of whoever survives. The spouse who retains the entire community in thi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1521

Where it has been stipulated that the spouse or his or her heirs will only have a certain share in the community, such as one-third or one-quarter, the spouse thus reduced or his or her heirs only bea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Relationship between agreements and laws and regulations.

Article L2251-1

An agreement may contain provisions that are more favourable to employees than the legal provisions in force. They may not derogate from provisions of public policy.

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

Article 1500

The debts for which the community is liable in consideration of the property it receives are definitively its responsibility.

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

Article 1499

…f which the spouses were already burdened when they married, or of which they are burdened by successions and gifts that fall to them during the marriage, are included in the joint liabilities. The fr…

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