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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: The parties.

Article 552

…of the parties reserves to the appellant the right to call the others to the proceedings. The court may order of its own motion the joinder of all the co-interested parties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Economic regime

Article 565

1. Manufactured tobacco may be imported, introduced and wholesaled in mainland France by any natural or legal person who establishes itself as a supplier with a view to carrying on this activity under…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Common obligations

Article 539

Manufacturers and merchants may only purchase from persons known to them or having respondents known to them. When purchases of materials, works, platinum, gold or silver ingots, have been concluded w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 510

Subject to the following paragraphs, the period of grace may only be granted by the decision whose enforcement it is intended to defer.In urgent cases, the same power lies with the interim relief judg…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Evocation.

Article 568

…ses or sets aside a judgment which has ordered an investigative measure, or which, ruling on a procedural objection, has terminated the proceedings, it may evoke the points not decided if it considers…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Furnishings

Article 534

…atues that form part of a flat's furniture are also included, but not collections of paintings that may be in galleries or private rooms. The same applies to porcelain: only those that form part of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 51

The investigating judge may only inform the public after being seized by an indictment from the public prosecutor or by a complaint with civil party status, under the conditions set out in the article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 528

…tor or the accused, the case shall be brought before the police court in the forms of ordinary procedure. The judgment rendered in absentia, on the opposition of the accused, is subject to opposition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition of the Criminal Appeals Division

Article 511

…tor taken after consulting the general assembly of the court of appeal. If necessary, this decision may be modified under the same conditions during the year. If it is impossible to reach a joint deci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article R6153-59

…d, which are responsible for the remuneration of all the medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46, pay them a salary throughout their training, with the exception of the period of study abroad…

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