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Showing 22512260 of 54524 articles for Art. TEPA Act of 21 August 2007

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 34

Jurisdiction by reason of the amount of the claim as well as the rate of jurisdiction below which the appeal is not open are determined by the rules specific to each court and by the provisions below.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 125

A plea of inadmissibility must be raised of the court's own motion where it is a matter of public policy, in particular where it arises from failure to comply with the time limits within which appeals…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Obtaining documents held by a third party.

Article 141

In the event of difficulty, or if any legitimate impediment is invoked, the judge who ordered the delivery or production may, on application without form made to him, retract or modify his decision. T…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Decisions ordering investigative measures.

Article 152

A decision which, in the course of proceedings, merely orders or modifies an investigative measure shall not be notified. The same applies to a decision that refuses to order or modify the measure. Th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Nullities.

Article 178

The omission or inaccuracy of a statement intended to establish the regularity of a transaction may not render it null and void if it is established, by any means, that the legal requirements were, in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 192

The personal appearance shall take place in the presence of the defenders of all the parties or those called.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: The law.

Article 12

The judge shall decide the dispute in accordance with the rules of law applicable to it. He must give or restore their exact characterisation to the facts and acts in dispute without stopping at the n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VII: The defence.

Article 18

The parties may defend themselves, subject to cases in which representation is compulsory.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 36

…a common instrument, by several plaintiffs or against several defendants, jurisdiction and the rate of jurisdiction shall be determined in respect of all the claims, by the highest of them.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 38

Where an incidental claim exceeds the rate of its jurisdiction, the judge, if a party raises lack of jurisdiction, may either rule only on the original claim or refer the parties to litigate the whole…

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