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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Agreement procedure

Article 1554

At the end of the operations, the technician delivers a written report to the parties and, where applicable, to the intervening third party.The report has the value of a judicial expertise report.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1544

The parties, assisted by their lawyers, shall work jointly, under the conditions laid down in the agreement, to reach an agreement putting an end to the dispute between them or to the preparation of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Arbitration proceedings and awards

Article 1513

If the arbitration agreement is silent, the award shall be made by a majority of votes. It shall be signed by all the arbitrators. However, if a minority of them refuse to sign it, the others shall me…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1582

A sale is an agreement by which one party undertakes to deliver a thing, and the other to pay for it. It may be made by deed or by private agreement.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1541

The application for homologation of the agreement resulting from the conciliation is submitted to the judge by request of all the parties to the conciliation or of one of them, with the express agreem…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1534

The application for homologation of the mediated agreement is submitted to the court by all the parties to the mediation or by one of them, with the express agreement of the others.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1504

I. - 1. For the determination of the rental values of the properties and fractions of properties mentioned in I of article 1498, the departmental commission on rental values provided for in article 16…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1592

It may, however, be left to the estimate of a third party; if the third party is unwilling or unable to make the estimate, there is no sale, unless the estimate is made by another third party.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Judicial homologation

Article 1566

The judge shall rule on the application presented to him without debate, unless he deems it necessary to hear the parties. If the application is granted, any interested party may refer the matter to t…

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Article 1528

…dispute may, on their own initiative and under the conditions set out in this Book, attempt to resolve it amicably with the assistance of a mediator, a court conciliator or, in the context of a parti…

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