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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Liability and protection of elected representatives

Article L3123-29

The president of the departmental council, the vice-presidents or the departmental councillors who have been delegated benefit, on the occasion of their functions, from protection organised by the dep…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 67

The incidental application must set out the claims and pleas of the party making it and indicate the supporting documents.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 68

Incidental claims shall be made against the parties to the proceedings in the same way as defences are presented. They are made against defaulting parties or third parties in the forms provided for th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 65

An additional claim is a claim by which a party amends its previous claims.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 63

Incidental claims are: counterclaim, additional claim and intervention.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 66

An intervention is an application the object of which is to make a third party a party to the proceedings between the original parties.When the application emanates from the third party, the intervent…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 69

The document by which an incidental claim is made shall be equivalent to a pleading; it shall be denounced to the other parties.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 64

A counterclaim is one by which the original defendant claims to obtain a benefit other than the mere dismissal of his opponent's claim.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 601

If the judge declares the appeal admissible, he shall rule on the merits of the dispute in the same judgment, unless there are grounds for further investigation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 603

A party is not entitled to apply for revision of a judgment which it has already challenged by this route, except for a cause which would have come to light subsequently. The judgment which rules on t…

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