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

Article 1031-10

The declaration shall be delivered to the court registry in as many copies as there are defendants, plus two.The delivery shall be recorded by mention of its date and the visa of the court registrar o…

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

Article 976

The declaration shall be delivered to the court registry in as many copies as there are defendants, plus two. Delivery shall be recorded by mention of its date and the visa of the court registrar on e…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to the tribunal de grande instance.

Article ANNEXE, art. 36

In the matters listed in Article 2, the application shall be made by petition delivered or addressed to the registry in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter I of Subtitle I of Title…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-77

The person concerned or their lawyer may be issued with a copy of all or part of the documents in the proceedings file in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 165. The case file can also be co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-5

On the occasion of the control referred to in the preceding article, the judge may ask the legal administrator to submit to the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court an annu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-3

In the cases provided for in articles 515-9 and 515-13 of the Civil Code, the matter shall be referred to the court by an application delivered or addressed to the registry. In addition to the particu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-7

References to registration with the Trades Register and the National Business Register as a business in the trades and crafts sector are replaced by references to registration made in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Punishment of public drunkenness.

Article R3353-5

The retail sale, on credit, either by the glass or in bottles, of drinks from the third, fourth and fifth groups by an on-trade or off-trade operator is punishable by a 4th class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of elections.

Article L2314-6

In the absence of legislative provisions to the contrary, the validity of the pre-electoral agreement concluded between the employer and the trade union organisations concerned is subject to its signa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-29

For the purposes of measuring the representativeness of trade union organisations, where a joint list has been drawn up by trade union organisations, the votes cast are apportioned between them on the…

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