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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Organisation of care.

Article L1411-11-1

…health project is to improve coordination between the various players involved, to prevent, improve and protect the population's state of health, and to reduce social and territorial inequalities in h…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 618

…through the abuse that the usufructuary makes of his enjoyment, either by committing damage to the land, or by allowing it to decay for lack of maintenance. The creditors of the usufructuary may inter…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 623

If only part of the thing subject to the usufruct is destroyed, the usufruct is retained on what remains.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 617

…was granted;By the consolidation or reunion on the same head, of the two qualities of usufructuary and owner;By the non-use of the right for thirty years;By the total loss of the thing on which the u…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 619

Usufruct, which is not granted to individuals, lasts for only thirty years.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 620

Usufruct granted until a third party has reached a fixed age lasts until that time, even if the third party has died before the fixed age.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 622

The usufructuary's creditors may have any waiver made by him to their prejudice annulled.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 621

In the event of the simultaneous sale of the usufruct and bare ownership of a property, the price is divided between the usufruct and bare ownership according to the respective value of each of these…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 624

If the usufruct is established over a building only, and that building is destroyed by fire or other accident, or collapses from disrepair, the usufructuary will have no right to enjoy either the soil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Respective scope of the registration formality and the merged formality - Time limits

Article 648

The day of the date of the deed or the day of the opening of the estate is not counted in the time limits set for the performance of the registration formality or the merged formality. When the expiry…

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