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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1974

Any life annuity contract created on the life of a person who was dead on the day of the contract has no effect.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1970

In the case of the preceding article, the life annuity is reducible if it exceeds what it is permitted to dispose of; it is void if it is for the benefit of a person incapable of receiving.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1976

The life annuity may be constituted at such rate as the contracting parties may determine.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1968

A life annuity may be constituted for a sum of money, or for an appreciable movable thing, or for an immovable.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1975

The same applies to a contract under which the annuity was created on the life of a person suffering from the illness from which he died within twenty days of the date of the contract.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-1

…my may carry out the investigations necessary for the application of the provisions of this book.II bis.-Category A civil servants specially authorised for this purpose by the Minister of Justice, on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154-1

For the purposes of executing the letter rogatory, the judicial police officer may have the operations provided for in Article 55-1.The provisions of the last four paragraphs of Article 55-1 shall app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12-1

Metropolises' compulsory expenditure includes in particular: 1° Office and printing costs for the department of the metropolis and the costs of conserving the archives of the metropolis and the compen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-10

Any natural or legal person practising the profession of industrial property attorney who is guilty either of an infringement of the rules of this title or of the texts adopted for its application, or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-11

In all matters and for all services mentioned in article L. 422-1, the industrial property attorney shall observe professional secrecy. This secrecy extends to consultations addressed or intended for…

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