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

Article 949

The notices and summonses prescribed by the articles 936, 937, 947 and 948 are forwarded in the forms provided for by these provisions to the bodies that must be kept informed of the proceedings under…

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

Article 943

The magistrate in charge of investigating the case may: - order, even of his own motion, any investigative measure; - order, where appropriate, under penalty of a fine, the production of documents hel…

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

Article 945

The decisions of the magistrate in charge of hearing the case do not have the authority of res judicata in the main proceedings. They are not subject to any appeal independently of the judgment on the…

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

Article 942

The magistrate in charge of hearing the case decides on any difficulties relating to the communication of documents. He joins and separates proceedings.

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

Article 940

The magistrate hearing the case may hear the parties. He has the pre-trial powers provided for in Article 446-3.

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

Article 941

The magistrate in charge of hearing the case notes the conciliation, even partial, of the parties. He notes the termination of the proceedings.

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

Article 947

Unless the case is decided at the first hearing, the Registrar shall notify by any means the parties who have not been notified orally of the date of subsequent hearings..

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

Article 948

The party whose rights are in jeopardy may, even if a hearing date has already been set, ask the first president of the court to hold the case, as a matter of priority, at a future hearing.If his requ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater N

…cle L. 332-6-1 of the town planning code, in their wording prior to the entry into force of the loi n° 2014-1655 du 29 décembre 2014de finances rectificative pour 2014, are no longer applicable in thi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…ninth paragraph of III, the last paragraph of IV and the tenth paragraph of V of article 11 of law n° 2014-58 du 27 January 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation de…

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