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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
Chapter V: The issue of copies of documents and registers.

Article 1436

In the event of refusal or silence on the part of the depositary, the president of the judicial court, seized by petition, shall rule, the applicant and the depositary being heard or summoned.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 148

Minors may not enter into marriage without the consent of their father and mother; in the event of dissension between the father and mother, this division takes precedence.

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

Article 1408

The creditor may, in the application for an order for payment, request that in the event of opposition, the case be immediately referred to the court he considers competent.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The reconstitution of destroyed documents.

Article 1434

The court may carry out a partial reconstruction of the deed in cases where the proof of certain clauses, sufficient in themselves, is alone reported.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L784-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L783-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-14

For the purpose of drawing up the account defined in Article A. 132-13, the share of the financial result to be entered as revenue in this account is equal to the sum of the following two elements :1.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-14

…panies Register shall be drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 15 of Decree n°84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the Trade and Companies Register. Notwithstanding articles 22, 2…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1415

Each of the spouses may only commit his or her own property and income, by a guarantee or loan, unless these have been contracted with the express consent of the other spouse who, in this case, does n…

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