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

Article 552

…ngs. In the same cases, an appeal against one 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-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-3

…h regard to any person. He is a necessary defendant in any action declaring nationality. He must be called into question whenever a question of nationality is raised as an incident before a court comp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Trusteeship charges

Article 397

…ry office may only be withdrawn, by the person who entrusted it, after the holder has been heard or called. The judge may, if he considers that there is an emergency, prescribe provisional measures in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 272

…The President may delegate one of his assessors to conduct this examination. An interpreter must be called in if the accused does not speak or understand the French language.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Decisions on public action

Article 366

The Assize Court then returns to the courtroom. The president calls the accused to appear, reads out the answers made to the questions, and pronounces the judgment of conviction, absolution or acquitt…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 nonies

…Title III of the same Book I during the periods of employment or training for which they have been called up.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-10

…or in article R. 212-7-8. The communication of these documents to the local elected representatives called to sit on the departmental cinematographic development commission is equivalent to transmissi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualifications for succession.

Article 725-1

…s. If this order cannot be determined, the succession of each shall devolve without the other being called. However, if one of the co-deceased leaves descendants, the latter may represent their author…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Expiry of licences.

Article L3333-2

An establishment that ceases to operate as a result of : 1° its owner being called up or mobilised for service in the French or Allied armies, or leaving for an Allied country ; 2° its requisition ; 3…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-2

…of remuneration by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance. The terms and conditions for the commitment, call and remuneration of the guarantee are set out in an agreement between the Minister for the Econ…

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