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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 739

The letter rogatory shall be executed in accordance with French law unless the foreign court has requested that it be executed in a particular form. If so requested in the letter rogatory, the questio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 747

The documents recording the execution of the letter rogatory or the decision by which the judge refuses to execute it shall be transmitted to the issuing court by the same channels as those by which t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 742

The judge may not refuse to execute a letter rogatory on the sole ground that French law claims exclusive jurisdiction, or that it does not know of a legal remedy that responds to the subject matter o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 737

The Public Prosecutor's Office shall immediately forward the letter rogatory to the president of the judicial court for execution.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 738

On receipt of the letter rogatory, the judge appointed for this purpose by the president of the judicial court shall carry out the prescribed operations..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 735

The judicial court alone has jurisdiction to hear letters rogatory. The judicial court with territorial jurisdiction is the court within whose jurisdiction the letters rogatory are to be executed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Buildings

Article 761

…tuitous transfers, the properties, whatever their nature, are estimated according to their real market value on the date of the transfer, according to the detailed and estimated declaration of the par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-76

After any accident or disaster, in particular a chimney fire, or after any work has been carried out, the use of the flues and appliances connected to them is prohibited until they have been repaired…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-77

This article applies to the maintenance of closed fireplaces, heating appliances and cooking appliances, with the exception of solid fuel boilers, as well as to the sweeping of flues of open and close…

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