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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 677

…ecimetres (eight feet) above the floor or ground of the room to be lighted, if on the ground floor, and nineteen decimetres (six feet) above the floor for upper floors.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 679

Under the same proviso, side or oblique views cannot be had on the same inheritance unless there is a distance of six decimetres.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Form of notifications.

Article 683

Service of judicial and extrajudicial documents to or from abroad shall be governed by the rules laid down in this section, subject to the application of European regulations and international treatie…

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

Article 666

The other particulars that must be included in the notification are determined, according to the nature of the document notified, by the rules specific to each matter.

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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 II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 667

Service is effected in a sealed envelope or envelope, either by post or by delivery of the document to the addressee against a receipt.Service in the ordinary form may always be effected by delivery a…

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

Article 665

The notification must contain all particulars relating to the surname and forenames or the name or business name of the person from whom it emanates and to the domicile or registered office of that pe…

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

Article 669

The date of dispatch of a notification made by post is the date shown on the stamp of the issuing office. The date of delivery is the date of the receipt or the endorsement. The date of receipt of a n…

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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 IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 676

Judgments may be served by delivery of a simple dispatch.

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