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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-10

If the authorised project is completed or marketed in stages, a certificate is drawn up for each stage, in proportion to each completion or marketing, within the limit of the period of validity of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-4

The court shall rule without delay, in accordance with the rules of procedure applicable to it, on the referral of the priority question of constitutionality, after the public prosecutor has been noti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Conciliation delegated to a court-appointed conciliator

Article 129-4

…at person's acceptance. The conciliator's findings and the statements he or she takes may not be produced or invoked in further proceedings without the agreement of the parties or, in any event, in an…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-4

Mediation may be entrusted to a natural person or a legal entity. If the appointed mediator is a legal entity, its legal representative shall submit to the judge for approval the name of the natural p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-1

At the hearing, the parties present their claims and supporting arguments orally. They may also refer to any claims and pleas they may have formulated in writing. The parties' observations are noted i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 465-1

…e, the parties are informed in a document attached to the copy of the judgment of the recovery procedures, the rules for revising the claim and the penal sanctions incurred.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 486-1

Where the application for interim relief relates to an investigative measure carried out by a technician or to an expert assessment measure, the defendant who has indicated, before the hearing, that h…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-4

No one may harm the integrity of the human species.Any eugenic practice tending to organise the selection of persons is prohibited.Any intervention whose purpose is to bring about the birth of a child…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-4

…e twelve months following it. This option is lost if one of the parents acquires French nationality during the child's minority.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-4

For the purposes of this Title, "in France" means mainland France, the overseas departments and collectivities, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories..

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