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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 961

…the information mentioned in paragraph 2 of the previous article has been provided. This objection may be put in order up to the date of the closure of the proceedings or, in the absence of pre-trial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…al penalty: 1° The fact, for the manufacturer of a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, for its…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Early waiver of the reduction action

Article 930

…where the consent of the renunciant has been vitiated by error, fraud or violence. The renunciation may be made in the same deed by several heirs with reserved rights.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 988

…e.He shall immediately forward to the clerk's office of the Cour de cassation any documents that he may subsequently receive.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 976

…t up to three quarters of their taxable value if the conditions provided for in 2° of 2 of article 793 are satisfied. II.-Units in forestry groups are exempt up to three quarters of the fraction of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Fees for the issue of documents and miscellaneous levies

Article 954

A fee of €12 is charged for each foreign passport visa, the validity of which may not exceed one year, if the visa is valid for the outward and return journey, and €6 if it is valid only for the outwa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Litigation procedure.

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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book VI: Overseas provisions

Article 936

The adversarial hearings held pursuant to article 396 by the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court of Basse-Terre for defendants in the community of Saint-Martin may be carried out by means…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1 : General rules on the form of wills.

Article 972

…the testator. Where the testator is unable to express himself in French, the dictation and reading may be performed by an interpreter chosen by the testator from the national list of legal experts dr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 963

…ent of the duty provided for in that Article, failing which the appeal or the defences, as the case may be, will be inadmissible. Except in the case of an application for legal aid, the principal appe…

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