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Showing 25012510 of 54524 articles for Art. TEPA Act of 21 August 2007

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-11

Applications for a declaration that there are no grounds for refusing recognition and for refusal of recognition respectively made pursuant to Articles 30 and 40 of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 511

The time limit runs from the day of the judgment when it is adversarial; in other cases it runs only from the day of notification of the judgment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 521

…judge's authorisation, cash or securities sufficient to guarantee the principal, interest and costs of the judgment. In the event of an order for the payment of a lump sum in compensation for personal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title II: Ordinary remedies.

Article 540

…e judgment was rendered by default or if it is deemed to be contradictory, the judge has the option of relieving the defendant of the foreclosure resulting from the expiry of the time limit if the def…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title II: Ordinary remedies.

Article 541

When an interested party has been unable, through no fault of his own, to lodge an appeal against a non-contentious decision within the prescribed time limit, he may be relieved of the time limit unde…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article 366-6

The judge, as soon as he is aware of the decision authorising the taking to task procedure, shall abstain until the taking to task has been decided.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Interruption of proceedings.

Article 373

The proceedings may be resumed voluntarily in the manner provided for the presentation of the defence. Failing voluntary resumption, it may be resumed by way of summons.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Stay of proceedings.

Article 378

The stay decision suspends the course of the proceedings for the time or until the occurrence of the event it determines.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Termination of proceedings.

Article 384

…cases where this effect results from the judgment, proceedings are extinguished incidentally to the action by the effect of a settlement, acquiescence, discontinuance of the action or, in non-transfer…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Withdrawal of the appeal or opposition.

Article 403

Withdrawal of the appeal entails acquiescence in the judgment. It is null and void if, subsequently, another party itself regularly lodges an appeal.

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