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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Trial of offences

Article 837

For the application of Article 398-1 in French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The 2° is worded as follows: "2° The offences provided for by the locally applicable provi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 864

…her due or not, the latter is allotted it in the partition up to the amount of his rights in the mass. Up to the amount due, the debt is extinguished by confusion. If its amount exceeds the debtor's r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 867

Where the co-sharer himself has a claim to be asserted, he is allotted his debt only if, when balanced, the account shows a balance in favour of the undivided estate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 866

…ted. This interest accrues from the opening of the succession when the heir owed it to the deceased and from the day the debt is due, when it arose during the joint ownership.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Article 865

…it relates to undivided property, the claim is not payable until the end of the partition operations. However, the debtor heir may decide at any time to pay it voluntarily.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 8

…his code, when committed against minors, with the exception of those mentioned in articles 222-29-1 and 227-26 of the Penal Code, shall be time-barred after ten years from the age of majority of the l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Real estate and similar companies

Article 827

…ons à loyer modéré, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 422-11 of the French Construction and Housing Code, regardless of the nature of the assets included in the net assets allocated.This p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Real estate and similar companies

Article 828

…cle 1655 ter increase their capital, extend their duration or make to their members, by way of pure and simple division in kind, exclusive allocation in ownership of fractions, to which they are entit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public and civil proceedings

Article 807

…ons of the code du travail are replaced by references to the locally applicable labour law provisions.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public and civil proceedings

Article 808

The second paragraph of article 2-8 is worded as follows:"Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years at the date of the events and whose purpose, by virtue of its articles o…

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