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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 126

Where the situation giving rise to the plea of inadmissibility is capable of being regularised, the inadmissibility will be set aside if its cause has disappeared by the time the judge rules. The same…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-9

The parties have a period of one month from the date of the transmission decision in which to make known any observations they may have. These are signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and at the C…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-13

The clerk's office shall notify the parties of the decision taken by the chairman of the panel or his delegate pursuant to the first paragraph of article 126-11, as well as the date of the hearing.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Decisions ordering investigative measures.

Article 146

An investigative measure may only be ordered in respect of a fact if the party alleging it does not have sufficient evidence to prove it. Under no circumstances may an investigative measure be ordered…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 171

Decisions taken by the judge assigned or by the judge in charge of the review do not have the authority of res judicata.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Personal checks by the judge.

Article 179

The judge may, in order to verify them himself, in any matter take personal knowledge of the facts in dispute, the parties present or called. He shall make any observations, assessments, evaluations o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 196

If one of the parties is unable to appear, the judge who ordered the appearance or the judge appointed by the bench to which he belongs may go to that party after, if appropriate, summoning the opposi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 198

The judge may draw any legal conclusions from the declarations of the parties, or from the absence or refusal of one of them to reply, and may refer to them as equivalent to a prima facie case in writ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 226

Where the enquiry takes place before the judge ordering it or before one of the members of the bench, the decision shall indicate the day, time and place where it will be held.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The subject matter of the dispute.

Article 5

The judge must rule on everything that is requested and only on what is requested.

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