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Showing 20912100 of 66032 articles for Art. al. 2 · Cass. com. 26 November 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 2009 · Cass. com. 1 March 2011

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 790

The inventory is filed with the court within two months of the declaration. The heir may apply to the judge for an extension if he can show serious and legitimate grounds for delaying the filing of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 759

…e may be prosecuted. Where full payment has not been made, and subject to the provisions of Article 760, judicial restraint may be requested again for the amount of the sums still due.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Notice.

Article R5141-78

…stuffs, including those prepared extemporaneously under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5143-2 and L. 5143-3, bear the words "medicated feedingstuffs" printed on both sides in clearly visib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-7

…ituation corresponds to the cases of emergency mentioned in the third paragraph of I of article L. 5134-1. The medicinal product is administered in accordance with the conditions of use laid down in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Authorisation for credit institutions and investment firms to bid directly on behalf of their clients at auctions of greenhouse gas emission allowances

Article L613-70

The authorisation provided for in Article 18(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, management and other aspects of the auctioning of greenhouse gas emission…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 799

As regards the declarations referred to in article 851, gratuitous transfers of units in a mutual fund give rise to a declaration including the name of the fund, as well as an indication of the number…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Notice.

Article R5141-77

The leaflet is drawn up in accordance with the summary of product characteristics. It includes : 1° The name or corporate name and address of the marketing authorisation holder and, where appropriate,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Pure and simple acceptance of the succession.

Article 782

Pure and simple acceptance may be express or tacit. It is express when the successor takes the title or capacity of accepting heir in a notarial or private deed. It is tacit when the successor seised…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Pure and simple acceptance of the succession.

Article 784

…pacity of heir must be authorised by the judge. The following are deemed to be purely conservatory: 1° The payment of funeral and final illness expenses, taxes owed by the deceased, rents and other in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Pure and simple acceptance of the succession.

Article 783

…ll or part of his rights in the succession entails pure and simple acceptance. The same applies to: 1° A renunciation, even gratuitous, made by an heir in favour of one or more of his co-heirs or heir…

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