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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Declaration of absence

Article 1068

The time limit within which extracts from the judgment declaring absence must be published may not exceed six months from the pronouncement of that judgment; it shall be mentioned in the extracts subm…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to Martinique

Article R591-12

…um applications registered in Martinique from the date set by the order mentioned in Article R. 591-10.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Provisions specific to the courts of appeal after cassation.

Article 1035

…n pain of nullity, indicate very clearly the time limit mentioned in the first paragraph of article 1034 and the procedures by which the case may be referred to the referring court.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee

Article R754-10

…olumn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-19n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-20No. 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 313-22no. 2005-1007 of 22 August 2005R.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-108

…the criminal offences affecting the European Union's financial interests referred to in Articles 4, 22, 23 and 25 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Identification and verification of the identity of the beneficiary of life insurance or capitalisation contracts

Article R561-10-3

…rs, where the annual premium exceeds the thresholds set for these contracts in 1° of Article R. 561-16, under the following conditions: 1° Where the beneficiaries of the contracts are persons or legal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1012

…distributed shall appoint a councillor or a referendary councillor of that panel as rapporteur. He may immediately fix the date of the hearing. He may, after obtaining the agreement of the parties, a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1083

…in the form set out in the preceding article shall be irrevocable only in the sense that the donor may no longer dispose of, free of charge, the objects included in the donation, other than for modes…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-5

…es the certification tests conducted :- either by its members ;- or by the experts mentioned in R. 212-10-1 ;- or by the training organisation, when the certification tests are delegated to it in appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Banking Inclusion Observatory

Article R312-12

…ic Council are appointed for a term set by the Chairman of the Banking Inclusion Observatory, which may not exceed three years.The provisions of the last two paragraphs of Article R. 312-10 apply to t…

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