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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
3: Computation of 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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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-6

…wing conditions: a) 1 lieutenant-colonel for at least 900 firefighters; b) 1 commander for at least 300 firefighters; c) 1 captain or 1 lieutenant for at least 60 firefighters ; d) 1 major for at leas…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-6

…rman; 2° A member of the Cour des Comptes appointed by the first president of the Cour des Comptes; 3° A member of the Inspection générale des finances appointed by the head of this department; 4° A m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2a : Changing the sex designation in civil status records

Article 61-6

The application is made before the judicial court.The applicant states his or her free and informed consent to the change of the indication relating to his or her sex in the civil status records and p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-6

…These operations are carried out in conditions guaranteeing respect for the dignity of the individual. They are performed out of public view, unless circumstances make this impossible.

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