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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L717-4

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the seat and jurisdiction of the courts of first instance and of appeal which shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear the actions and claims provided f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-24-2

Under conditions set by their internal regulations, the amount of the functional allowances that the municipal council of municipalities with 50,000 inhabitants or more allocates to its members may be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article L2241-3

When the communes and their public establishments make amicable property acquisitions in accordance with the rules of civil law, or when the acquisition takes place by auction, the notary drafting the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 774-1

The judge hearing a dispute involving rights that are freely available to the parties may, at the request of one of the parties or ex officio after obtaining their opinion, decide that they will be su…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078

Notwithstanding the rules applicable to inter vivos gifts, the property given will, unless otherwise agreed, be valued on the day of the shared gift for the purposes of imputation and calculation of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1501

Creditors may not be prejudiced by the distribution of pre-marital liabilities or liabilities arising from successions and gifts. They retain, in all cases, the right to seize the assets that previous…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1444

The separation of property, although pronounced in court, is null and void if proceedings to liquidate the rights of the parties have not been commenced within three months of the judgment becoming re…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rescission of the sale on the ground of lesion.

Article 1682

If the purchaser prefers to keep the thing by providing the supplement regulated by the preceding article, he owes interest on the supplement, from the day of the demand for rescission. If he prefers…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Management.

Article 1850

Each manager is individually liable to the company and to third parties, either for breaches of laws and regulations, or for breaches of the Articles of Association, or for faults committed in his man…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 664

When an accused person or defendant is being held in custody pursuant to a detention order or in execution of a conviction, the public prosecutor may, in the interests of the proper administration of…

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