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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 199

The hearings are held and the judgment is delivered in chambers. However, if the adult defendant or his or her lawyer so requests from the outset of the proceedings, they shall be held and the judgmen…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules.

Article 113

1. Goods brought into Customs offices or into places designated by the Customs service may not be disposed of without the authorisation of the service and without : a) The duties and taxes paid on imp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1052

It is up to the disposing party to prescribe guarantees and securities for the proper performance of the charge.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1051

The second beneficiary is deemed to hold his rights from the author of the liberality. The same applies to his heirs where they receive the gift under the conditions provided for in Article 1056.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1056

When the second gratified predeceases the indebted person or renounces the benefit of the gradual liberality, the property or rights that were the subject of it depend on the estate of the indebted pe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1054

If the encumbered person is a reserved heir of the disposing person, the charge may only be imposed on the available portion. The donee may, however, accept, in the deed of gift or subsequently in a d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1075

Any person may make, between his presumptive heirs, the distribution and division of his property and rights. This act may be made in the form of a gift-sharing or a testament-sharing. It is subject t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1049

A liberality thus granted may only take effect in respect of property or rights that are identifiable at the date of transmission and subsist in kind at the death of the encumbered person. Where it re…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1053

The second gratified cannot be subject to the obligation to preserve and transmit. If the charge has been stipulated beyond the first degree, it remains valid but for the first degree only.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1050

The rights of the second grantee open on the death of the grantee. However, the grantee may abandon, in favour of the second grantee, the enjoyment of the property or right which is the subject of the…

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