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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: The issue of copies of documents and registers.

Article 1439

The party wishing to obtain the issue of a second enforceable copy of an authentic instrument must apply to the president of the judicial court. The request shall be made by petition.In the event of r…

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

Article 1444

…ointment. Failing this, the arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of Articles 1451 to 1454.

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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 IV: The arbitration award

Article 1482

The arbitral award shall succinctly set out the respective claims of the parties and their pleas in law. It shall state the reasons on which it is based.

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

Article 1414

…means, the bailiff must orally bring to the debtor's attention the particulars mentioned in Article 1413; the completion of this formality shall be mentioned in the document of service..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The reconstitution of destroyed documents.

Article 1430

An application for the reconstitution of the original of an authentic or private deed destroyed, in any place, as a result of acts of war or disasters shall be brought before the judicial court.

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

Article 1442

The arbitration agreement takes the form of an arbitration clause or an arbitration agreement. An arbitration clause is the agreement by which the parties to one or more contracts undertake to submit…

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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 civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1451

…ointment by the arbitrators chosen or, failing that, by the supporting judge referred to in Article 1459.The arbitral tribunal shall be composed of one or more arbitrators in an even number.

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

Article 1461

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 1456, any stipulation contrary to the rules laid down in this chapter shall be deemed unwritten.

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