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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 954

A fee of €12 is charged for each foreign passport visa, the validity of which may not exceed one year, if the visa is valid for the outward and return journey, and €6 if it is valid only for the outwa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 948

The party whose rights are in jeopardy may, even if a hearing date has already been set, ask the first president of the court to hold the case, as a matter of priority, at a future hearing.If his requ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Special provisions applicable to the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article 936

The adversarial hearings held pursuant to article 396 by the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court of Basse-Terre for defendants in the community of Saint-Martin may be carried out by means…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1 : General rules on the form of wills.

Article 972

If the will is received by two notaries, it is dictated to them by the testator; one of these notaries writes it himself or has it written by hand or mechanically. If there is only one notary, it must…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I bis: Provisions relating to the duty allocated to the compensation fund for the profession of solicitors at the courts of appeal

Article 963

Where the appeal falls within the scope of Article 1635 bis P of the General Tax Code, the parties must provide proof of payment of the duty provided for in that Article, failing which the appeal or t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99

The rectification of civil status records is ordered by the president of the court.The rectification of the indication of sex and, where applicable, first names is ordered at the request of any person…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 989

Where the statement of appeal does not contain a statement, even a summary statement, of the grounds of appeal against the contested decision, the appellant must, on pain of forfeiture established by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 91

…st third parties, who may only obtain their rectification or annulment, in accordance with articles 99 and 99-1 of this code.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-39

…companies have a period of thirty months to exhibit the works in cinemas. This period runs from:1° 19 May 2021 for aid granted between 1 March 2020 and 19 May 2021;2° the date of notification of the d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeals against judgments on jurisdiction and the merits of the case

Article 90

Where the court has declared itself to have jurisdiction and has ruled on the merits of the dispute in the same judgment given at first instance, that judgment may be appealed against in its entirety.…

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