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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 1000

Wills made in a foreign country may not be executed on property situated in France until they have been registered at the office of the testator's domicile, if he has retained one, otherwise at the of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1093

A gift of property to come, or of present and future property, made between spouses by marriage contract, whether simple or reciprocal, shall be subject to the rules established by the preceding chapt…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1016

The costs of the application for delivery shall be borne by the estate, without however resulting in any reduction of the legal reserve. Registration duties shall be payable by the legatee. All, if no…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1018

The thing bequeathed will be delivered with the necessary accessories and in the condition it will be in on the day of the donor's death.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Residual gifts.

Article 1058

A residual gift does not oblige the first beneficiary to keep the property received. It obliges him to pass on the surviving property. Where the property, the subject of the residual liberality, has b…

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

Article 1076

A gift-sharing arrangement may only concern present assets. The gift and the sharing may be made by separate deeds provided that the disposing party intervenes in both deeds.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1084

A gift by marriage contract may be made cumulatively of present and future property, in whole or in part, on condition that a statement of the donor's debts and charges existing on the day of the gift…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Savings banks

Article 1063

Subject to the provisions of 3° of l'article 679, the certificates of ownership and notarial deeds required by the savings banks and the national savings bank to effect the repayment, transfer or rene…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Mutual insurance companies

Article 1089

The provisions laid down with regard to mutual societies defined by Article L. 111-1 of the Code de la mutualité applies to student associations recognised as being in the public interest.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Agricultural cooperatives

Article 1030

Deeds, documents and writings of any kind concerning agricultural cereal cooperative societies and their unions are exempt, subject to article 1020, from all registration duties.Cooperative mills, agr…

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