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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Service of documents from abroad.

Article 688-2

The Minister of Justice forwards the documents addressed to him to the Public Prosecutor's Office at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction they are to be served or to the national chamber of ba…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VII: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 692-2

When, in application of the present code, the clerk's office summons the parties to the hearing by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the parties or some of them may, upon the judge's…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 687-2

The date of service of a judicial or extrajudicial document abroad is, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 687-1, with regard to the person to whom it is made, the date on which the documen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mutual legal assistance

Article 627-2

Requests for mutual assistance shall be executed, depending on the case, by the anti-terrorist public prosecutor or the investigating judge in Paris, who shall act throughout the national territory in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-2

…red to the committee investigating applications for review and reconsideration pursuant to Article 622, it shall take into account all new facts or unknown elements on which one or more applications p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694-2

Requests for mutual assistance from foreign judicial authorities shall be executed by the public prosecutor or by officers or agents of the judicial police requested for this purpose by that magistrat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 674-2

The competent chamber shall rule within one month of the lodging of the application at the registry, after the challenged magistrate has made his observations.For the remainder, the provisions of Book…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-2

For the application of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted in New York on 10 December 1984, may be prosecuted and tried under the cond…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-20

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647-2

The order granting permission to register a forgery shall be served on the defendant within the period of fifteen days, with a summons to declare whether he intends to make use of the document alleged…

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