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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2453

In the cases provided for in the two preceding articles, the property must be valued by an expert appointed amicably or judicially. If its value exceeds the amount of the secured debt, the creditor ow…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2456

Once summoned to pay, and without prejudice to the benefit of discussion provided for in the preceding article, the third-party purchaser may: -either pay, -or purge the property in accordance with th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2452

It may be agreed in the mortgage agreement that the creditor will become the owner of the mortgaged property. However, this clause has no effect on an immovable that is the debtor's principal residenc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2454

If the property is sold, the mortgage follows it into the hands of the third party purchaser. The third-party purchaser is thus obliged, within the limit of the registrations, for the entire secured d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2451

The mortgagee may also apply to the court for the property, if it is not the principal residence of the grantor, to remain in payment to him.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-4

Where an AIF management company is unable to ensure compliance with the provisions of Subsection 1 of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II for which an AIF or another entity acting on its beh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Voting and electoral operations.

Article R723-25

The appeals mentioned in article R. 723-24 are open to any elector within eight days of the proclamation of the results. The appeal is also open to the prefect and the public prosecutor, who may exerc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Income tax, corporation tax and taxes referred to in Chapter III

Article 248

The Government may fix by decree, insofar as they have not been fixed by the legislation in force, the information that tax returns must contain with a view to the application of existing taxes and du…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8: Transfer and extinction of mortgages

Article 2474

Mortgages are extinguished in particular:1° By the extinction of the principal obligation subject to the case provided for in Article 2422;2° By the creditor's renunciation of the mortgage subject to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8: Transfer and extinction of mortgages

Article 2473

The mortgage is transferred ipso jure with the secured claim. The mortgagee may subrogate another creditor in the mortgage and retain his claim. He may also, by an assignment of anteriority, assign hi…

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