French Civil Code
In forceActs that are purely conservatory or supervisory and acts of provisional administration may be performed without entailing acceptance of the succession, if the successor has not taken the title or capacity of heir.
Any other act required by the interest of the succession and that the successor wishes to perform without taking the title or capacity 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 inheritance debts the settlement of which is urgent;
2° The recovery of the fruits and revenues of inheritance property or the sale of perishable goods, on condition that proof is provided that the funds have been used to extinguish the debts referred to in 1° or have been deposited with a notary or consigned ;
3° A deed intended to avoid increasing the estate's liabilities;
4° Deeds relating to the termination of the employment contract of the deceased employee of the private individual employer, the payment of wages and compensation due to the employee and the handing over of end-of-contract documents.
Routine operations necessary for the short-term continuation of the business dependent on the succession are deemed to be acts of provisional administration.
The renewal, as lessor or lessee, of leases which would otherwise give rise to the payment of compensation, as well as the implementation of decisions of administration or disposal initiated by the deceased and necessary for the smooth running of the business, are also deemed to be capable of being carried out without tacit acceptance of the succession.
