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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1403

Each spouse retains full ownership of his or her own property.The community is entitled only to fruits collected and not consumed. But recompense may be due to it, on dissolution of the community, for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1404

Forming private property by their nature, even if they were acquired during the marriage, are clothing and linen for the personal use of one of the spouses, actions for compensation for bodily or mora…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1402

All property, whether movable or immovable, is deemed to be acquired by the community unless it is proved that it belongs to one of the spouses by application of a provision of the law. If the propert…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Community assets

Article 1408

The acquisition made, by way of auction or otherwise, of a portion of property of which one of the spouses was the undivided owner, does not form an acquest, except for the recompense due to the commu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Purchases for resale

Article 1115

Subject to the provisions of article 1020, acquisitions of real estate, goodwill and shares in real estate companies made by taxable persons within the meaning of article 256 A are exempt from transfe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Two-year exemption

Article 1383

I.-New buildings, reconstructions and additions to buildings for residential use are exempt from property tax on built properties for the two years following their completion. The municipality may, by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Scope of application.

Article 1559

Gambling houses are subject to a tax in the forms and according to the procedures determined in articles 1560 to 1566.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1040

In all proceedings in which a challenge to nationality or to the refusal to issue a certificate of French nationality is raised as the main issue or as an incidental issue, a copy of the summons or th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1038

The judicial court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear at first instance disputes concerning the French or foreign nationality of natural persons, subject to the provisions set out in the Civil Code fo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1039

The judicial court with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place of residence of the person whose nationality is in question or, if that person does not live in France, the judicial court of Pari…

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