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Article 2029 of the French Civil Code

The trust contract is terminated by the death of the natural person settlor, by the occurrence of the term or by the realisation of the aim pursued when this takes place before the term.

When all of the beneficiaries renounce the trust, it is also terminated ipso jure, unless the contract stipulates the conditions under which it continues. Subject to the same proviso, it terminates when the trustee is wound up by court order or dissolved or disappears as a result of a sale or takeover and, if he is a lawyer, in the event of temporary prohibition, striking off or omission from the roll.

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Article 2029

Le contrat de fiducie prend fin par le décès du constituant personne physique, par la survenance du terme ou par la réalisation du but poursuivi quand celle-ci a lieu avant le terme.

Lorsque la totalité des bénéficiaires renonce à la fiducie, il prend également fin de plein droit, sauf stipulations du contrat prévoyant les conditions dans lesquelles il se poursuit. Sous la même réserve, il prend fin lorsque le fiduciaire fait l’objet d’une liquidation judiciaire ou d’une dissolution ou disparaît par suite d’une cession ou d’une absorption et, s’il est avocat, en cas d’interdiction temporaire, de radiation ou d’omission du tableau.

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