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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1417

The community is entitled to a reward, after deduction, where applicable, of the profit it has derived, when it has paid fines incurred by a spouse as a result of criminal offences, or reparation and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1406

The application shall be brought, as the case may be, before the protection litigation judge or the president of the judicial court or the commercial court, within the limits of the jurisdiction of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1438

If the father and mother have jointly endowed the common child without expressing the portion to which they intended to contribute, they are deemed to have each endowed half, either if the dowry was p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The costs of injunctions to pay and European injunctions to pay proceedings before the Commercial Court.

Article 1425

Before the Commercial Court, the costs of the proceedings are advanced by the claimant and deposited with the clerk's office within fifteen days of the application at the latest, failing which the app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142

Where the person under investigation is ordered to provide security or sureties, such security or sureties shall guarantee:1° The representation of the person under investigation, the accused or the d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1449

…al court, who shall rule on the investigative measures under the conditions provided for in Article 145 and, in urgent cases, on provisional or conservatory measures requested by the parties to the ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145

…s, where applicable, deducted from the duration of pre-trial detention for the purposes of Articles 145-1 and 145-2. It is treated as pre-trial detention within the meaning of article 149 of this Code…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1405

Recovery of a claim may be sought under the injunction to pay procedure when: 1° The claim has a contractual cause or results from an obligation of a statutory nature and amounts to a specified amount…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1456

The arbitral tribunal is constituted when the arbitrator or arbitrators have accepted the assignment entrusted to them. On that date, the dispute is referred to it. It is the arbitrator's responsibili…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1459

…president of the commercial court shall have jurisdiction to hear claims made pursuant to Articles 1451 to 1454. In that case, he may apply Article 1455. The court with territorial jurisdiction is th…

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