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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 524

…led against or that he has made the deposit authorised under the conditions provided for in article 521, unless it appears to him that enforcement would be likely to entail manifestly excessive conseq…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 556

If the person to whom the summons is addressed is absent from his or her home, the copy shall be delivered to an allied relative, servant or a person residing at that home.The bailiff shall indicate i…

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

Article 535

The party to whom an appeal is served shall, for the purpose of such service, be deemed to reside at the address indicated by him in the notification of the judgment.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial police officers

Article R7

…chnical examination for judicial police officers of the national gendarmerie is composed as follows:1° The public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation or his delegate chosen by him from among the first…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 575

If the opposition is made in the manner provided for in Article 573 (paragraph 2) it must, on pain of inadmissibility, be declared at the clerk's office of the court which handed down the decision by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 574

If the material belonging to one of the owners were far superior to the other in quantity and price, in that case the owner of the material superior in value could reclaim the thing arising from the m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 589

…court which handed down the decision, within five days of the notification provided for in article 614.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refugees

Article L424-5

Foreign nationals holding the resident card provided for in article L. 424-1 may be issued with a resident card bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" for a period of ten years under the conditions…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Beneficiaries

Article L434-5

The child eligible for family reunification is a child with legally established filiation, including an adopted child, by virtue of an adoption decision, subject to verification by the public prosecut…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article R141-5

Referral to the committee for conciliation is an obligatory prerequisite to any contentious appeal, when the dispute arises from a decision, whether or not subject to internal appeal, taken by a feder…

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