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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-24

If the holder claims a right of his own to the seized property, he shall inform the bailiff of this by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, unless he made a declaration to this effect at…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion into an attachment for sale

Article R522-8

At the end of a period of eight days from the date of the conversion deed, the bailiff will check the seized assets. A record is drawn up of the missing or damaged property. This deed contains the ind…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Verification and recovery of costs.

Article 704

The parties may, in the event of difficulties, request, without form, from the registrar of the court having jurisdiction pursuant to Article 52, to verify the amount of costs mentioned in Article 695…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1727

If those who committed the assault or battery claim to have any right over the leased thing, or if the lessee himself is summoned to court to be ordered to surrender all or part of the thing, or to su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L237-5

The dissolution of the company does not automatically result in the termination of the leases of the buildings used for its corporate activity, including the residential premises attached to these bui…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article L624-17

The administrator with the agreement of the debtor, or failing that the debtor with the agreement of the mandataire judiciaire, may acquiesce in the application for revendication or restitution of an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Judgement on the application to remain in the waiting zone

Article R342-9

When an order puts an end to the holding in the waiting zone and the public prosecutor considers that he does not have to ask the first president of the court of appeal to declare the appeal suspensiv…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Termination of detention in the waiting area

Article R342-22

When an order puts an end to the holding in the waiting zone and the public prosecutor considers that he does not have to ask the first president of the court of appeal to declare the appeal suspensiv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Citations and meanings

Article R183

Where the Public Prosecutor has not been issued with a copy of the documents or judgments to be served, service shall be made by the bailiffs on the minutes entrusted to them by the registrars against…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: One-stop service for litigants

Article R1423-50-1

For the purposes set out in Articles…

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