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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 718

Notifications or summonses shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. When they are made by the court registrar, they may be made by simple bulletin if they are addressed to l…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 714

…esident of a court of first instance. The time limit for appeal is one month: it is not increased because of distances. The time limit for appeal and the exercise of the appeal within the time limit a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XX: Letters rogatory.

Article 732

As soon as the operations have been completed, the registry of the court which carried them out shall transmit the reports, together with the documents and objects annexed or deposited, to the court w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: International letters rogatory.

Article 734

The judge may, at the request of the parties, or of his own motion, carry out in a foreign State the investigative measures and other judicial acts that he deems necessary by giving letters rogatory e…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 751

The application made by summons shall be brought to a hearing, the date of which shall be communicated by the registry to the applicant upon presentation of the draft summons. An order of the Keeper o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 712

The judge has the option of referring the application, as it stands, to a court hearing, the date of which he sets. The parties shall be summoned at least fifteen days in advance by the clerk of the c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 724

…nditions by him. The time limit runs, with regard to each of the parties, from the day of the notification made to them by the technician. The appeal and the time limit for exercising it do not suspen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 725

The notification must mention, on pain of nullity, the content of the preceding article as well as that of articles 714 (paragraph 2) and 715.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 709

The president of the court or the magistrate delegated for this purpose shall decide by order in the light of the audited account and any other relevant documents, after having received the observatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 713

…rsed on the minute with the executory formula by the registrar. When it is subject to appeal, notification of the order shall contain, on pain of nullity: 1. A statement that the order will become enf…

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