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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 992

The Registrar of the Court of Cassation shall, without delay, notify a copy of the statement in response to the appellant by simple letter. In the event of a cross-appeal, he shall notify a copy of th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 991

The respondent to the appeal has a period of two months from notification of the appellant's statement of case or from the expiry of the three-month period provided for in Article 989 to submit a stat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Electoral procedure.

Article 999

The time limit for lodging an appeal to the Supreme Court is ten days unless otherwise provided.The appeal shall be lodged by an oral or written statement which the party, or any agent with a special…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 990

Where a statement of case is produced by the plaintiff, the Registrar of the Court of Cassation shall without delay notify a copy to the defendant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Electoral procedure.

Article 996

The provisions specific to appeals on points of law are those of the following articles of the Electoral Code:Art. R. 19-1 .-An appeal on points of law shall be lodged within ten days of notification…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 994

In addition to the original, there shall be produced by the plaintiff as many copies of his pleading as there are defendants and by the defendant as many copies of the reply pleading as there are plai…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 995

If the appeal has been lodged in accordance with the rules of procedure with compulsory representation, it is nonetheless admissible regardless of the procedure subsequently followed. The defendant is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 993

If a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 990 or to Article 992 is replac…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99-2

The persons authorised to perform the duties of civil registrars to draw up the acts mentioned in articles 98 to 98-2 may proceed with the administrative rectification of purely material errors and om…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-1

When, in the course of legal proceedings or the checks referred to in article L. 214-23 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, one or more live animals have been seized or removed for any reason what…

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