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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 510

Subject to the following paragraphs, the period of grace may only be granted by the decision whose enforcement it is intended to defer.In urgent cases, the same power lies with the interim relief judg…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 515

Where the law provides that provisional enforcement is optional, it may be ordered, of its own motion or at the request of a party, whenever the judge considers it necessary and compatible with the na…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 518

The nature, extent and terms of the guarantee provided for in articles 514-5 and 517 are specified by the decision which prescribes their constitution.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 511

The time limit runs from the day of the judgment when it is adversarial; in other cases it runs only from the day of notification of the judgment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 512

The period of grace may not be granted to a debtor whose property is seized by other creditors or to a debtor who has, by his own act, diminished the guarantees which he had given by contract to his c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 516

Provisional enforcement may only be ordered by the decision which it is intended to render enforceable, subject to the provisions of Articles 517-2 and 517-3.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 519

Where the guarantee consists of a sum of money, this is deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations; it may also be deposited, at the request of one of the parties, with a third party appoin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 513

The grace period does not preclude precautionary measures.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Provisional enforcement.

Article 514

Decisions at first instance are provisionally enforceable by operation of law unless the law or the decision rendered provides otherwise.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 517

Provisional enforcement may be subject to the provision of a guarantee, real or personal, sufficient to meet any restitution or reparation.

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