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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for visiting the foreign national's home

Article R733-9

The order of the liberty and custody judge authorising the visit to the foreign national's home may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal, within twenty-four hours of its notificat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Detention of asylum seekers and transmission of their application to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-9

If the Prefect decides to keep the foreign national referred to in Article R. 754-7 in detention, the authority responsible for the application, as soon as it is informed of this, will immediately for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 905-1

Where the case is set at short notice by the president of the chamber, the appellant shall serve the statement of appeal within ten days of receipt of the notice of setting which is sent to him by the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-4

On pain of inadmissibility, raised ex officio, the parties must submit, as early as the submissions mentioned in articles 905-2 and 908 to 910, all their claims on the merits. Inadmissibility may also…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-2

The decision ordering the parties to meet with a mediator pursuant to article 127-1 or who orders mediation pursuant to article 131-1 interrupts the time limits for concluding and cross-appealing ment…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Termination of the breach

Article 849-9

…e third party may be authorised by the judge to deduct an advance from the sum deposited if the complexity of the case so requires, on proof of the progress of his operations. In the event of a manife…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 904-1

…ase has been distributed decides on its direction, either by setting a date for the case to be appealed shortly, or by appointing a Conseiller de la mise en status. The clerk's office notifies the law…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-1

The submissions required by articles 905-2 and 908 to 910 are those, addressed to the court, which are delivered to the registry and notified within the time limits provided for by these texts and whi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-3

In the event of force majeure, the President of the Chamber or the Conseiller de la mise en état may waive the application of the sanctions provided for in Articles 905-2 and 908 to 911.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 905-2

On pain of the declaration of appeal lapsing, raised ex officio by order of the president of the chamber seised or of the magistrate designated by the first president, the appellant shall have a perio…

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