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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Programming projects representing programming commitments

Article R212-42

The programming commitments mentioned in 1° of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Forced sale

Article R221-34

The sale is advertised by posters indicating the place, day and time of the sale and the nature of the assets seized. The posters shall be affixed at the town hall of the municipality in which the dis…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Delivery of the summons to pay in the event of seizure to the third party purchaser

Article R321-5

The pursuing creditor shall serve a summons to pay on the principal debtor. The document shall state that the summons to pay valid as a seizure provided for in the following paragraph shall be issued…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple assets or seizures

Article R321-9

If a summons to pay has already been published, there is no need to publish a new summons for the same property. However, if the new summons presented to the Land Registry includes more property than…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R433-3

The evicted person may apply to the enforcement judge to contest the absence of a market value for the property retained by the bailiff in the inventory. The application must be made, on pain of inadm…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-9

For the application of Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: Judicial distribution

Article R333-1

In the absence of a record of agreement bearing the executory clause, the pursuing party shall refer the matter to the enforcement judge, forwarding to him the proposed distribution, a record of the d…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R631-7

For the application of Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-6

If no objection or claim is lodged within fifteen days of receipt of the notification, the pursuing party or, failing this, any party to the proposed distribution shall apply to the court for its appr…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article R621-5

For the application of article…

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