How to File a Defamation Complaint in France: Procedure, Deadlines, and Costs
Learn how defamation complaints are filed in France: plainte simple, plainte avec partie civile, and citation directe, the three-month deadline, and costs.
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How to Get a Refund on an Online Purchase in France
Refunds on online orders in France: the 14-day right of withdrawal, the two-year legal guarantee, non-delivered orders, and why chargeback is not a right.
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Injonction de Payer: France Payment Order Explained
The injonction de payer is how a French creditor gets an enforceable title for an unpaid debt: the procedure, the 1-month opposition window, and next steps.
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Injure vs Diffamation in France: The Difference and Penalties
In French law diffamation alleges a fact and injure does not. See the line, public vs non public penalties from 38 to 45,000 euros, and the 3 month deadline.
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Is It Legal to Record a Conversation in France Without Consent?
Is it legal to record a conversation in France without consent? Article 226-1 of the Code pénal, penalties, exceptions, and the police-filming rules explained.
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Job Abandonment in France (Abandon de Poste): The Presumed Resignation Rules
Job abandonment in France triggers a presumed resignation. Learn the 15 day mise en demeure rule, legitimate exceptions, and the 2024 Conseil d'État ruling.
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Joint Ownership in France: Indivision, the 2/3 Majority, and When a Sale Can Be Forced
How indivision works in France: what a 2/3 majority can decide under Article 815-3, and how Article 815-5-1 lets a court authorize selling a jointly owned home.
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Knife Laws in France: Is It Legal to Carry a Knife?
France knife law explained: carrying any knife without a legitimate reason is an offence, plus the 2025 ban on zombie knives and brass knuckles.
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Landlord Notice to Sell in France (Conge pour Vente): Notice Periods, Your Right to Buy and the Over-65 Shield
France conge pour vente: six months' notice to sell (three furnished), the tenant's right of first refusal, and the 15-III shield for tenants over 65.
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Legitimate Defence in France: Articles 122-5 and 122-6 Explained
What a French court must find before legitimate defence applies: necessity, simultaneity and proportionality under Code pénal articles 122-5 and 122-6.
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Licenciement Abusif in France: The Barème and When It Does Not Apply
How French courts compensate a licenciement abusif: the full barème table from Article L1235-3, and why a null dismissal is uncapped above six months.
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Life Insurance and French Succession Tax (Assurance Vie Succession)
How assurance vie is taxed on death in France: the 152,500 EUR allowance before age 70, the 30,500 EUR global allowance after 70, and why gains stay exempt.
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Lifetime Gifts in France (Donation de Son Vivant): Allowances and the 15 Year Rule
How lifetime gifts are taxed in France: the 15 year rappel fiscal, the 31,865 EUR cash gift allowance, the two 2026 housing gift windows, and donation-partage.
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Main Courante vs Plainte in France: What a Police Log Does Not Do
A main courante records facts but opens no investigation. Learn how it differs from a plainte in France, and why domestic violence is handled differently.
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Neighbour Disputes in France: Trouble Anormal de Voisinage
How trouble anormal de voisinage works in France after its 2024 codification at Article 1253 Code civil: no-fault liability, remedies, and resolution.
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Noise Nuisance in France: Tapage Nocturne and Neighbour Noise Fines
France noise law: tapage nocturne and bruit de voisinage, the fine under Article R623-2, and how to act against a noisy neighbour or avoid a fine yourself.
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Notaire Fees on a French Estate (Frais de Notaire Succession)
Frais de notaire on a French estate explained: the regulated émoluments, débours and taxes, the 2026 tariff scale, and why it is not inheritance tax.
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Overtime Pay in France: Heures Supplementaires Rules Explained
How overtime pay works in France: heures supplementaires majoration rates, the 220-hour contingent, tax treatment in 2026, and proof rules in disputes.
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PACS in France: How Civil Partnership Works, and What It Does Not Give You
How a French PACS civil partnership works: registration, taxes, property, full inheritance tax exemption, and what a PACS still does not give you.
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Paid Leave in France (Conges Payes): Entitlement, Accrual, and Sick Leave Rules
How paid leave (conges payes) accrues in France during sick leave, why the 2026 claim window has now closed, and what departed employees can still claim.
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Période d'Essai in France: Duration, Renewal and Notice Rules
France probation period rules: the 2, 3 and 4 month legal maximums, renewal limits after the 2023 reform, and the délai de prévenance for ending a trial.
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Permis Probatoire in France: Points, Speed Limits, and Rules for New Drivers
France's permis probatoire: the points system, disque A, reduced speed limits, mandatory stage after a 3 point infraction, and zero point invalidation.
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Prime de Précarité in France: The 10% CDD End of Contract Bonus
France prime de précarité explained: the 10% CDD indemnity, when an agreement can cut it to 6%, and every case where it is not owed at all.
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Privacy Law in France: CNIL, Cameras and Your Rights
How privacy law works in France: what the CNIL can and cannot do, free complaints, and the rules on home, neighbour and workplace surveillance cameras.
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Rent Increases in France: The IRL Formula, Limits and Deadlines (2026)
How a French landlord can raise the rent: the revision clause, the IRL formula with the Q2 2026 index of 148,37, and when no increase is allowed.
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Resignation Notice in France: How Preavis de Demission Actually Works
France has no general legal notice period for resignation. Learn where the preavis de demission comes from, the exceptions, and how it can be shortened.
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Rupture Conventionnelle Indemnity: Minimum Payment Rules in France
Learn the legal minimum for France's rupture conventionnelle indemnity, why no minimum seniority applies, and how the payout is taxed under French law in 2026.
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Rupture Conventionnelle: The Mutual Termination Procedure in France
How rupture conventionnelle works in France: interviews, 15-day withdrawal, DREETS homologation, protected employees, indemnity floor, 2026 employer rate.
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Saisie sur Salaire: Wage Garnishment in France (2026)
How wage garnishment (saisie sur salaire) works in France: the 2026 seizable-pay brackets, the protected RSA floor, and the new commissaire de justice route.
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Scammed Online in France: How to Report and Get a Refund
Scammed online in France? Report through Pharos, THESEE and Perceval, and know your bank refund rights under Code monetaire et financier L133-18.
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Surendettement in France: The Banque de France Over-Indebtedness Procedure
How the French surendettement procedure works: who can file with the Banque de France commission, what filing freezes, and the two possible outcomes.
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Tenant Notice Period in France: Préavis Rules and the One-Month Exception
French tenant notice: 3 months unfurnished, 1 month furnished. The reduced one-month préavis must be stated and proved in the congé letter or it is lost.
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The 14-Day Right of Withdrawal in France (Droit de Retractation)
The droit de retractation gives French buyers 14 days to cancel an online or distance purchase, no reason needed. When it applies, exceptions and refunds.
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The Legal Guarantee of Conformity in France (Garantie Légale de Conformité)
The garantie legale de conformite gives French buyers a free, mandatory 2-year guarantee on faulty goods, and differs from vice cache. How it works.
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Unpaid Rent in France (Loyers Impayes): Guarantees, the CAF Report and What Protects a Tenant
How French landlords recover unpaid rent, the CAF report that protects APL, the Visale guarantee, and the ban on stacking a guarantor with rent insurance.
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Video Surveillance Laws in France: Cameras at Home, Between Neighbours, and at Work
France's camera rules explained: vidéoprotection vs vidéosurveillance, the household exemption's real limits, neighbour disputes, and CNIL workplace rules.
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Visitation Rights in France: Droit de Visite Explained
France's droit de visite et d'hébergement: a parent's visitation cannot be refused except for grave reasons (Code civil Art. 373-2-1).
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Wills and Estates in France: Inheritance, Forced Heirship, and Succession Tax
French succession law explained: the reserved share, who inherits by default, wills, lifetime gifts, life insurance, droits de succession, and indivision.
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Wills in France: The Three Legal Forms of a Testament
How a will is valid in France under the Code civil: the handwritten, notarial, and rare mystic forms, the FCDDV register, and what a will cannot override.
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