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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Assessment of costs to be recovered by the Registry

Article 701

The costs provided for in Article 695 (1° and 3°) shall be liquidated in the judgment awarding them or by a note affixed to the minutes by one of the judges of the court. Excerpts of the judgment may…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Assessment of costs to be recovered by the Registry

Article 703

The liquidation may be contested in accordance with the procedure set out in articles 708 to 718.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Assessment of costs to be recovered by the Registry

Article 702

Where the amount of the liquidated costs does not appear in the dispatch of the judgment, the court clerk shall issue a writ of execution..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2 : Affixing of the executory clause by the court registry

Article 1569

The deed countersigned by lawyers and bearing the executory formula, or the decision of refusal by the registrar, shall be delivered or sent to the applicant by simple letter.The duplicate of the appl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2 : Affixing of the executory clause by the court registry

Article 1568

Where the agreement reached by the parties to a mediation, conciliation or participatory procedure takes the form of a deed countersigned by the lawyers of each of the parties, this deed may, at the r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2 : Affixing of the executory clause by the court registry

Article 1568-1

Where the agreement relates to the arrangements for exercising parental authority, a note is made in the deed that the minor capable of discernment has been advised of his or her right to be heard and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2 : Affixing of the executory clause by the court registry

Article 1570

Any interested person may lodge an application for the removal of the formule exécutoire with the court whose registry has affixed that formula.The application shall be lodged, investigated and judged…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2 : Affixing of the executory clause by the court registry

Article 1571

The provisions of this section shall apply to the transaction.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electorate

Article R2122-8

The vote is open to the employees mentioned in article L. 2122-10-2, registered on the electoral list provided for in article L. 2122-10-4, with the exception of those in the branches mentioned in art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electorate

Article R2122-9

Voters are entered on the electoral roll of the region in which the company or establishment in which they carry out their main activity is located. The employee's main activity is that for which he o…

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