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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I bis: Provisions relating to the duty allocated to the compensation fund for the profession of solicitors at the courts of appeal

Article 963

Where the appeal falls within the scope of Article 1635 bis P of the General Tax Code, the parties must provide proof of payment of the duty provided for in that Article, failing which the appeal or t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 979

On pain of inadmissibility of the appeal pronounced ex officio, the following must be submitted to the registry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:-a copy of the contested decision…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 979-1

The appellant must also attach the documents relied on in support of the appeal and a copy of the last submissions filed by the parties to the appeal before the court from which the contested decision…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 988

The registrar of the court which handed down the contested decision shall without delay transmit to the registry of the Cour de cassation the case file to which shall be attached:- a copy of the conte…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 993

If a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 990 or to Article 992 is replac…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1017

The report is made at the hearing.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1020

The judgment refers to the rule of law on which the cassation is based.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion.

Article 1031-4

In matters where representation is compulsory, any observations of the parties must be signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-19

The debates shall take place under the conditions laid down in Articles 1016, 1017, 1018 and 1019.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to nationality disputes

Article 1045

The public prosecutor is required to act under the conditions of article 1042 if he is requested to do so by a public administration or by a third party who has raised the nationality objection before…

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