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Showing 22412250 of 54524 articles for Art. TEPA Act of 21 August 2007

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 79

Where the court does not rule on the substance of the dispute, but the determination of jurisdiction depends on a question of substance, the court must, in the operative part of the judgment, rule on…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Dilatory defences.

Article 110

The judge may also suspend the proceedings where one of the parties invokes a decision, which has been the subject of third-party opposition, an application for review or an appeal in cassation.

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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 126-11

The president of the panel to which the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title V ter : Procedure for preliminary rulings by the administrative courts

Article 126-15

…last instance. The time limit for appealing to the Supreme Court is fifteen days from notification of the judgment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-9

The natural person providing the mediation shall keep the judge informed of any difficulties he or she encounters in carrying out the task.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Communication of documents between the parties.

Article 136

A party who fails to return the communicated documents may be compelled to do so, possibly under penalty.

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

Article 144

Investigative measures may be ordered in any event, if the judge does not have sufficient evidence to rule.

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

Article 172

…oon as the investigative measure has been carried out, the proceedings shall continue at the behest of the judge. The judge may, within the limits of his jurisdiction, immediately hear the parties in…

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

Article 182

Minutes shall be drawn up of the findings, assessments, evaluations, reconstructions or statements. The drafting of the minutes may, however, be replaced by a mention in the judgment if the case is im…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VII: The defence.

Article 19

The parties shall freely choose their defence counsel either to be represented or to be assisted as permitted or ordered by law.

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