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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Searching for information

Article L152-2

Institutions authorised by law to hold deposit accounts must inform the enforcement agent whether one or more accounts, joint accounts or merged accounts have been opened in the name of the debtor, as…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Enforcement officers

Article R122-2

In addition to bailiffs, the persons responsible for the enforcement measures and precautionary measures necessary for the recovery of debts by public accountants are the agents of the Directorate Gen…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Disputes relating to the validity of the seizure

Article R221-53

Disputes concerning the seizability of the assets included in the seizure are brought before the enforcement judge by the debtor or by the bailiff acting as in matters of enforcement difficulties. Whe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-6

If a registration has been applied for either in fraud of the rights of a third party or in breach of a legal or contractual obligation, the person who believes he or she has a right to the mark may c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Informing the public prosecutor and the administrative court

Article L743-19

When an order by the liberties and detention judge ends the detention of a foreign national or places him/her under house arrest, it is immediately notified to the public prosecutor. The foreign natio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 687

The public prosecutor shall inform the requesting authority of the steps taken; he or she shall, where appropriate, forward to the requesting authority any minutes or receipts recording the delivery o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The preliminary conciliation attempt

Article 820

The application to the court may be made for the purposes of a preliminary attempt at conciliation outside the cases in which the first paragraph of Article 750-1 applies. The request for a preliminar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1449

The separation of property pronounced by the court has the effect of placing the spouses under the regime of articles 1536 et seq. The court, in pronouncing the separation, may order that a spouse pay…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-10

Where an action arising out of the agreement or arrangement is brought either by a person or by an organisation or grouping, any organisation or grouping with legal standing, whose members are bound b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-29

The operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction mentioned in Article L. 321-4, bailiffs and notaries may, under their sole responsibility, enlist the help of experts, whatever their ap…

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