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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 578

The plaintiff in cassation must notify his appeal to the public prosecutor and the other parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within three days..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 586

The Registrar, within a maximum period of twenty days from the date of the declaration of appeal, shall mark and initial the documents in the file, to which he shall attach a copy of the contested dec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 590-2

The appeal shall lapse, in the cases and under the conditions set out in articles 567-2, 574-1, 574-2 and 590-1, shall be ordered by the President of the Criminal Division or the Councillor designated…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 576

The declaration of appeal must be made to the registrar of the court which handed down the contested decision.It must be signed by the registrar and by the applicant for judicial review himself or by…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Form of prices

Article R2312-7

The provisions of article R. 2112-6 apply.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Other forms of solidarity

Article 1691 bis A

Establishments that guarantee completion of the construction are jointly and severally liable for payment of the development tax provided for in Article 1635 quater A with the taxpayer(s) mentioned in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Individual policy form

Article R814-3

…request, to the police and gendarmerie units.This transmission may be carried out in dematerialised form..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Individual policy form

Article R814-1

…to complete, or have completed and signed by the foreign national on arrival, an individual police form, the model for which is set by joint order of the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Imm…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Individual policy form

Article R814-2

The personal data collected pursuant to article R. 814-1 is in particular:1° Surname and first names;2° Date and place of birth;3° Nationality;4° The foreign national's usual place of residence;5° The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation by merger.

Article D229-13-1

For the purpose of registering the European Company formed by way of merger, each company taking part in the operation shall, in addition to the certificate referred to in the third paragraph of Artic…

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