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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1459

…president of the commercial court shall have jurisdiction to hear claims made pursuant to Articles 1451 to 1454. In that case, he may apply Article 1455. The court with territorial jurisdiction is th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1462

The dispute shall be submitted to the arbitral tribunal either jointly by the parties or by the most diligent party.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1410

The order for an injunction to pay and the application are kept as minutes at the court registry.If the application is accepted, the court registry gives the applicant a certified copy of the applicat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1413

On pain of nullity, the document serving the order for payment contains, in addition to the particulars prescribed for judicial officer documents, a summons to:- either to pay the creditor the amount…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1416

The opposition shall be lodged within one month of service of the order. However, if service was not made personally, the opposition shall be admissible until the expiry of the period of one month fol…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1422

…hatever the method of service, the opposition period provided for in the first paragraph of Article 1416 suspends enforcement. Any opposition lodged within this period is also suspensive. The order do…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1447

An arbitration agreement is independent of the contract to which it relates. It is not affected by the ineffectiveness of the latter. When void, the arbitration clause is deemed unwritten.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The arbitration award

Article 1480

The arbitral award shall be made by a majority vote. It shall be signed by all the arbitrators. If a minority of them refuse to sign it, the award shall so state and the award shall have the same effe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-14

The decisions referred to in 5° of Article R. 1413-12 are enforceable under the conditions laid down in Title III of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting manageme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L754-14

…no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 II.For the application of I: 1° References to EU Regulations No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 and No 909/2014 of the European Pa…

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