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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of access to premises and places of business and home visits.

Article 64

1. In order to investigate and establish the customs offences referred to in articles 414 to 429 and 459, customs officers authorised for this purpose by the Minister responsible for customs may carry…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-63

The deed of sale is published in the real estate register in accordance with the rules for judicial sales, at the request of the purchaser or, in his absence, of the creditor pursuing the distribution…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-60

…ified by the pursuing creditor to the debtor, to the registered creditors, to the successful bidder and to any person who has raised a dispute that is settled by the decision. Only an adjudication jud…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-61

…ment. If the identity details provided by the successful bidder are incomplete for the purposes of land registration, the successful bidder's lawyer must complete them by submitting a written declarat…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-62

The title de vente is issued by the registrar to the successful bidder. It is also issued to the pursuing creditor, at the latter's request, in order to proceed with the formalities for publicising th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Distance and intermediate works required for certain constructions

Article 674

…tances against that wall, Is obliged to leave the distance prescribed by the particular regulations and usages on these objects, or to make the works prescribed by the same regulations and usages, to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Life mortgage

Article L341-61

Any canvassing within the meaning of Article L. 341-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code with a view to carrying out a life mortgage loan transaction is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Life mortgage

Article L341-60

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a : Formality of registration

Article 653

Declarations of verbal transfers of immovable property, businesses or clienteles, as well as declarations of verbal transfers of a right to a lease or the benefit of a promise to lease relating to all…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a : Formality of registration

Article 654

Documents under private signature other than those referred to in Article 652 and deeds executed in foreign countries may be registered in all tax departments without distinction.

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