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

Article 704

The parties may, in the event of difficulties, request, without form, from the registrar of the court having jurisdiction pursuant to Article 52, to verify the amount of costs mentioned in Article 695…

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

Article 757

In addition to the information prescribed by articles 54 and 57, the application must contain, on pain of nullity, a summary statement of the grounds for the application. The documents that the claima…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 760

When the judicial restraint has ended for any reason, it may no longer be exercised either for the same debt or for convictions prior to its execution, unless these convictions entail by their quantum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-7

Complaints may not be lodged with the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant on the grounds of : 1° The illegality on formal or procedural grounds of the deliberation instituting, on the ba…

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

Article 756

In cases where the application may be made by petition, the earliest party shall refer the matter to the court by delivering the petition to the registry. This application may be delivered or addresse…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 794

I. - The regions, départements, communes, their public establishments and public hospital establishments are exempt from free transfer duties on assets allocated to non-profit-making activities that c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 785

A pardon may only be applied for in court, during the convicted person's lifetime, by the latter or, if he or she is banned, by his or her legal representative; in the event of death and if the legal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 703

Any application by a convicted person to be relieved of a prohibition, disqualification, incapacity or publication measure, made pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 702-1 spec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 724

I. - Treaties or agreements having as their object the transfer for valuable consideration of an office are subject to a registration duty determined in accordance with the tariff provided for in Arti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 766

The parties' pleadings shall be signed by their lawyer and served in the same way as notifications between lawyers. If there is more than one plaintiff or defendant, they must be notified to all the l…

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