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

Article 857

…its seat. In the latter case, the opposition may also be made in the forms provided for in article 856.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-8

…Securities and Markets Authority when these requests relate to the implementation of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011. The Autorité des marchés financi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The Assize Court

Article 885

…without legitimate reason, has not complied with the summons he or she has received, may be fined €3,750 by the court. The assessor-jury may, within ten days of the sentence being served on him perso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 824

For the application of Article 191, the investigating chamber of the Nouméa court of appeal and that of the Papeete court of appeal are composed of a chamber president or councillor and two judges fro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the transmission by the French judicial authorities of decisions relating to judicial supervision to the competent authorities of another Member State of the European Union

Article 696-65

…e competent authority of the executing State without delay and may apply the provisions of Articles 696-60 and 696-63 in the event of adaptation of the modified measures or refusal to monitor the modi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Summary orders

Article 835

The president of the judicial court or the judge in charge of litigation relating to protection within the limits of his jurisdiction may always, even in the presence of a serious dispute, prescribe i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 888

…notified orally shall be summoned in the manner and within the time limits provided for in Article 886. The summons states that if they fail to appear, they risk judgment being handed down against th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-809

…vent of a transfer, a change of status to occupy functions covered by the provisions of sections 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this chapter or, for practitioners covered by section 1 of the same chapter, in the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 875

A co-heir who, by the effect of the mortgage, has paid more than his share of the common debt, has recourse against the other co-heirs, only for the share that each of them must personally bear, even…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 885

…r by a bailiff's deed addressed to that registry in accordance with the provisions of Articles 54, 56 with the exception of its second and fifth paragraphs, and 57.In all cases, the application must s…

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