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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056

…ecision ordered to be transcribed or entered in the civil status registers must state the forenames and surnames of the parties and, as the case may be, the place where the transcription is to be made…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural (land development and rural establishment companies)

Article 1028

I. - Real estate transactions resulting from the application of the provisions of Article 15, as amended, of Act no. 60-808 du 5 août 1960 d'orientation agricole (1), carried out by sociétés d'aménage…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 10

…\t\t\t-proof of nationality: passport (pages relating to civil status, validity dates, entry stamps and visas) or, failing that, other supporting documents, at least one of which bears a photograph to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Caisse de retraite et de prévoyance des clercs de notaire (pension and welfare fund for notary clerks)

Article 1070

…documents exclusively relating to the execution of the law of 12 July 1937 instituting a retirement and provident fund for notary clerks are exempt from registration duties.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1090

All gifts made to spouses by their marriage contract shall, when the donor's estate is opened, be reducible to the portion which the law allowed him to dispose of.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1085

…ed to in the preceding article has not been appended to the deed containing the gift of the present and future property, the donee will be obliged to accept or repudiate this gift for the whole. In th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1083

The donation in the form set out in the preceding article shall be irrevocable only in the sense that the donor may no longer dispose of, free of charge, the objects included in the donation, other th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1082

The father and mother, other ascendants, collateral relatives of the spouses, and even strangers, may, by marriage contract, dispose of all or part of the property which they leave on the day of their…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1089

Gifts made to one of the spouses, under the terms of articles 1082, 1084 and 1086 above, will lapse if the donor survives the donee spouse and his or her posterity.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1081

Any gift inter vivos of present property, although made by marriage contract to the spouses, or to one of them, shall be subject to the general rules prescribed for gifts made on that account. It may…

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