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

Article 576

In all cases where the owner whose material has been used, without his knowledge, to form a thing of another kind may claim ownership of that thing, he has the option of claiming the return of his mat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

The amount of aid granted to carry out a project complies, depending on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), A…

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

Article 595

…must be submitted to it, failing which the parties are no longer entitled to raise them, except in cases where they could not have been aware of them, and without prejudice to the right of the Cour d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 585

…f this period, the plaintiff who has been convicted of a criminal offence may send his statement of case directly to the registry of the Cour de cassation; the other parties may not avail themselves o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-5

I. - The resolution measures referred to in subparagraphs 3, 4, 5 or 6 of this paragraph may be implemented by the resolution college separately or in combination.A measure to segregate assets taken i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 51

…In the event of flagrant crimes or offences, he exercises the powers attributed to him by Article 72. The investigating judge, in the exercise of his duties, has the right to directly request the for…

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

Article 504

…judgment where it is not subject to any suspensive appeal or is provisionally enforceable. In other cases, this proof results from: - either the acquiescence of the convicted party; - or from notifica…

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

Article 516

If the judgment is reversed because the court considers that there is no crime, misdemeanour or contravention, or that the fact is not established or is not attributable to the accused, it shall dismi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 567

…l and police matters may be set aside in the event of a breach of the law on appeal to the Court of Cassation by the Public Prosecutor or by the party adversely affected, in accordance with the distin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-53

The surrender of a person who is a French national or who was a French national at the time of the acts covered by the arrest warrant issued by a State that is not a member of the European Union shall…

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