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

Article 1044

…efore a court that considers that there is a preliminary question, the court shall refer that party to appeal to the competent judicial court within a period of one month or, within the same period, t…

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

Article 1042

Any action whose principal object is to have a person declared to be or not to be a French national shall be brought by or against the public prosecutor without prejudice to the right of any intereste…

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

Article 1043

Where a question of nationality is referred to a court of law as an incidental question which it is not competent to hear and which is necessary for the resolution of the dispute, the case shall be co…

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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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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Irrigation

Article 1021

Decisions, reports, extracts, copies, grosses ou expéditions relating to procedural acts to which the application of articles L. 152-7 to L. 152-10 and L. 152-13 of the Code rural et de la pêche marit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Irrigation

Article 1022

The provisions of I of article 1045 are applicable to disputes relating to the compensation mentioned in Article L. 152-4 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code to which the institution of the easemen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-17

…be adopted immediately after the opinion of the Committee. The patent owner, licensees and the Director General of the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle shall be notified of the decision.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Termination of the régie (R)

Article R2221-17

The deliberation of the municipal council deciding to relinquish the operation of the régie determines the date on which the operations of the régie cease. The accounts are closed on this date. The as…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Solvency assessment

Article L313-17

The creditor may neither terminate nor subsequently amend the credit agreement entered into with the borrower on the grounds that the information provided was incomplete or that the creditor incorrect…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Framework agreements with purchase orders

Article R2191-17

Where the framework agreement executed by the issue of purchase orders provides for a minimum amount in excess of 50,000 euros excluding tax, the advance payment shall be granted in a single instalmen…

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