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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 67

The incidental application must set out the claims and pleas of the party making it and indicate the supporting documents.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Notifications between lawyers.

Article 671

The provisions of Sections I and II shall not apply to the service of documents between lawyers. This shall be done by service or direct service.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Notifications between lawyers.

Article 672

Service is established by affixing the bailiff's stamp and signature to the document and its copy with an indication of the date and the name of the lawyer to whom it is addressed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 678

Where representation is compulsory, the representatives of the parties must also first be notified of the judgment: a) By delivery of a copy of the decision by the court registry, where the parties ar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 670

Service is deemed to have been effected personally when the notice of receipt is signed by the addressee. Service is deemed to have been effected at the addressee's domicile or residence when the noti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 676

Judgments may be served by delivery of a simple dispatch.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 677

Judgments are notified to the parties themselves.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Notifications between lawyers.

Article 673

Direct service is effected by delivering the document in duplicate to the receiving lawyer, who immediately returns one of the copies to his colleague after dating and stamping it.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 675

Judgments are notified by service unless the law provides otherwise. In non-contentious matters, judgments are notified by the court clerk, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 67

The civil registrar will, without delay, make a summary entry of the oppositions in the marriage register; he will also make a note, in the margin of the entry of the said oppositions, of the judgment…

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