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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 I: General conditions of performance.

Article 506

…ract therefrom and, if it is not provisionally enforceable, proof of its enforceability. This proof may take the form of a certificate drawn up by the lawyer.

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

Article 599

…ng 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 application for revision has…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article L721-5

…to leave French territory or a ban on returning to French territory.The provisions of articles L. 614-7 to L. 614-13 are applicable to the challenge and judgment of the decision determining the count…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 55

…graph applies. Where a birth has not been declared within the legal time limit, the civil registrar may only record it in his registers by virtue of a judgment given by the court of the district in wh…

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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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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Proceedings before the Criminal Appeals Chamber

Article 519

…itself incompetent. It shall refer the Public Prosecutor's Office back to appeal as it sees fit.It may, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's Office, issue a committal or arrest warrant against the a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-29

When the lender offers the borrower an insurance contract with a view to guaranteeing, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks that this contract defines, either the total or partial repaym…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Citizens' reserve for territorial cohesion

Article D1233-29

…that of the reservist's mission within the limit of the registration period provided for by article 5 of decree no. 2017-930 of 9 May 2017 relating to the civic reserve.

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