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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-6

Acceptance is the act by which the client declares acceptance of the work, with or without reservations. It takes place at the request of the most diligent party, either amicably or, failing that, jud…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-6

The extension of the company shall be decided unanimously by the members or, if the Articles so provide, by the majority provided for the amendment of the Articles.At least one year before the expiry…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-6

The manager represents the undivided co-owners to the extent of his powers, either for civil acts or in court, both as plaintiff and defendant. He is obliged to state the names of all the undivided co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622-1

A review of a final criminal judgment may be requested for the benefit of any person convicted of an offence where it follows from a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights that the conviction…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-1

When an application for reconsideration is referred to the commission d'instruction des demandes en révision et en réexamen, its chairman shall rule by order. It shall refer to the judgment formation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-7

The proceedings are immediately referred to the Investigating Chamber. The person claimed shall appear before it within eight days of being presented to the Public Prosecutor. At the request of the Pu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-4

Requests for arrest with a view to surrender issued by the International Criminal Court shall be sent, in the original and accompanied by all supporting documents, to the competent authorities pursuan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-11

The provisions of articles 627-4 to 627-10 are also applicable if the person claimed is prosecuted or convicted in France for charges other than those covered by the request from the International Cri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Judgments of the Cour de cassation

Article 612-1

…t pronounces shall have effect in respect of parties to the proceedings who have not lodged an appeal. A convicted person who has not lodged an appeal and in whose favour the annulment of the convicti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-3

If the bench of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration considers that the case is not ready for hearing, it shall order that additional information be provided by one or more of its members for the…

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