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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 54

1. Subject to the age conditions laid down by the laws in force, customs officers of all grades must take an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction their place of residence is situat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Determination of salary.

Article L7422-5

…422-7 multiplied by the performance times set in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 7422-1 to L. 7422-3. To this rate must be added 1° Where applicable, the increases provided for in articl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 568

…re valuable than the main thing, and when it has been used without the owner's knowledge, the owner may request that the thing joined be separated in order to be returned to him, even when this could…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 535

The provisions of articles 400 to 405,406 to 408, are applicable to proceedings before the police court. However, the penalties provided for by Article 404, paragraph 2, may only be ordered by the cri…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-3

I. - By way of derogation from Article 509-2, applications for the recognition or establishment of enforceability, on the territory of the Republic, of foreign notarial authentic instruments pursuant…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of performance.

Article 506

Releases, cancellations of security interests, entries, transcriptions or publications that must be made by virtue of a judgment are validly made in view of the production, by any interested party, of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeals against police judgements

Article 547

…lodged with the Court of Appeal. This appeal is lodged within the time limits set out in articles 498 to 500. The appeal is heard and decided in the same way as appeals against criminal judgments. How…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 599

In correctional matters, the accused is not admissible to present as a means of cassation the nullities committed in first instance if he did not raise them before the court of appeal, with the except…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 599

…produced in proceedings pending before a court other than that which gave it, the court hearing the case in which it is produced may, depending on the circumstances, disregard it or stay it until the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 587

…pal claim shall be brought before the court from which the contested judgment emanates.The decision may be handed down by the same magistrates.Where the third-party objection is directed against a jud…

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