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

Article 782

Any person sentenced by a French court to a criminal, correctional or contraventional penalty may be rehabilitated.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 752

Judicial restraint may not be imposed on convicted persons who, by any means, prove their insolvency.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article L632-7

Except in the case of a duly substantiated threat to public order, foreign nationals residing outside France who have obtained the repeal of the expulsion decision against them are granted a visa to r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Referral to the commission de surendettement des particuliers (household over-indebtedness commission)

Article R721-7

…rty seizure for the purpose of postponing the auction date pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 721-7 or those of article L. 722-4, it shall send the request by registered letter with acknowledgem…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 787

An heir may declare that he intends to assume this capacity only up to the amount of the net assets.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion of usufruct

Article 760

Failing agreement between the parties, the application for conversion is submitted to the judge. It may be introduced until the final partition. If he grants the conversion application, the judge dete…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 798

…hts of creditors with securities, the creditors of the succession and the legatees of sums of money may only pursue recovery from the assets collected from the succession which have not been retained…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article 744

…ith the supervision and assistance measures and the special obligations imposed pursuant to article 739 and if his rehabilitation appears to be complete, the enforcement judge may declare the convicti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-7

In order to complete its examination of the dossiers submitted for its opinion, the Commission may, on the decision of its Chairman and with the authorisation of the Chairman of the Centre national du…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article L3133-7

…tate and its public establishments in the event of national defence or security imperatives; 2° The Caisse des dépôts et consignations; 3° The public establishment mentioned inArticle L. 2142-1 of the…

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