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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Disputes raised before the judicial tribunal or the court of appeal.

Article 312

…he civil judgment shall be stayed until the criminal proceedings have been decided, unless the main case can be tried without taking into account the document alleged to be forged or there has been a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 617

…ed on the authority of res judicata has been unsuccessfully raised before the trial judges. In this case, the appeal in cassation is directed against the judgment that is second in date; when the cont…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 187

In all cases where, in accordance with Article 184, an action for nullity may be brought by all those who have an interest in it; it may not be brought by collateral relatives, or by children born of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 321

…was deprived of the status he or she claims, or began to enjoy the status that is contested. In the case of a child, this period is suspended during the child's minority.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 5

…action before the competent civil court may not bring it before the criminal court. This is not the case unless the criminal court has been seised by the public prosecutor's office before a judgment o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 439

…der that the witness be immediately brought before it by the public force to be heard, or refer the case to a future hearing.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Hearings and conciliation measures

Article R141-24

…roposal is forwarded to the competent court by the chairman of the conciliators' conference. In the case of optional conciliation, the conciliation procedure ends either with the signing of an agreeme…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-8

…ce undertakings belonging to a group in other Member States of the European Union, in particular in cases where an insurance or reinsurance undertaking belonging to a group is experiencing financial d…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R521-1

Upon presentation, as the case may be, of the judge's authorisation or of the title under which the law permits a protective measure, a seizure may be carried out on tangible or intangible movable pro…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Change in the situation of economic operators with regard to the grounds for exclusion

Article L2141-12

…e course of the procedure for the award of a contract, an economic operator is placed in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in sections 1 and 2, it shall inform the purchaser of this change in si…

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