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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-52-1

When the composition pénale includes the handing over of the vehicle for immobilisation as provided for in 3° of article 41-2, this surrender shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to certain contraventions

Article 529

For the contraventions listed by decree in the Council of State, public action is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine, which is exclusive of the application of the rules on repeat offences.How…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to customs offices and brigades.

Article 52

1. The municipal administrations and, in their absence, those of the department are required, when requisitioned by the heads of the customs service, to designate the houses and sites suitable for the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVI: Appeals.

Article 527

The ordinary remedies are appeal and opposition, the extraordinary remedies are third-party opposition, application for review and appeal in cassation..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article 52

Claims relating to costs, emoluments and disbursements which, in connection with proceedings, have been incurred before a court by auxiliaries of justice and public or ministerial officers shall be br…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 528

The period on the expiry of which an appeal may no longer be lodged shall run from the date of notification of the judgment, unless that period has begun to run, by virtue of the law, from the date of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 529

Where several parties are jointly and severally or indivisibly liable, notification made to one of them shall cause the time limit to run only in respect of that party. In cases where a judgment benef…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 522

The judge may, at any time, authorise an equivalent guarantee to be substituted for the initial guarantee.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 524

Where provisional execution is de jure or has been ordered, the First President or, as soon as the matter has been referred to him, the Conseiller de la Mise en Condition may, in the event of an appea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 521

The party ordered to pay sums other than maintenance, compensation or provisions may prevent provisional enforcement from being continued by depositing, with the judge's authorisation, cash or securit…

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