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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IV: Obligations and contracts.

Article 1441

An appeal against a decision taken pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 1440-1-1 shall be brought, by application lodged by a lawyer, before the president of the court with which the court clerk…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1405

Recovery of a claim may be sought under the injunction to pay procedure when: 1° The claim has a contractual cause or results from an obligation of a statutory nature and amounts to a specified amount…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeal procedures

Article 1495

An appeal and an action for annulment shall be lodged, investigated and decided in accordance with the rules relating to procedure in contentious matters set out in Articles 900 to 930-1.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1481

The arbitral award shall contain an indication of: 1° The surnames, forenames or names of the parties and their domicile or registered office; 2° Where applicable, the names of the lawyers or any pers…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeal procedures

Article 1497

The first president ruling in summary proceedings or, as soon as the matter is referred to him, the Conseiller de la mise en état may: 1° Where the award is subject to provisional enforcement, stay or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Part Two: Community of Conventions.

Article 1497

The spouses may, in their marriage contract, modify the legal community by any kind of agreement not contrary to articles 1387, 1388 and 1389. They may, in particular, agree: 1° That the community wil…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1464

Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, the arbitral tribunal shall determine the arbitral procedure without being bound to follow the rules established for state courts. However, the guiding princi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeal procedures

Article 1492

An action for annulment is only available if: 1° The arbitral tribunal has wrongly declared itself competent or incompetent; or 2° The arbitral tribunal has been improperly constituted; or 3° The arbi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1452

…n the procedures for appointing the arbitrator or arbitrators: 1° In the case of arbitration by a sole arbitrator, if the parties do not agree on the choice of arbitrator, the arbitrator shall be appo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R591-14

For the application of this book in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State in the collectivity and references to the prefe…

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