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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 751

The application made by summons shall be brought to a hearing, the date of which shall be communicated by the registry to the applicant upon presentation of the draft summons. An order of the Keeper o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 752

Where representation by a lawyer is mandatory, in addition to the information prescribed in articles 54 and 56, the summons shall contain on pain of nullity: 1° The constitution of the plaintiff's law…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 755

…ummons may be reduced by authorisation of the judge. These time limits may also be reduced pursuant to law or regulation.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of telecommunications during proceedings

Article 706-71-1

…med of the date of the hearing and the fact that the use of such means is envisaged. Where recourse to such means is not possible because the person refuses, the latter must make his refusal known at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-7-1

…erson and declared its decision provisionally enforceable. If the conditions that enabled the court to decide that the sentence would be served under home detention with electronic monitoring are no l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-7-1

Where a person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision is required to carry out this measure following a custodial sentence, he or she will be given, before release, a notice to appear before the sent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-7

…iological group authorised after the compassionate prescribing framework was established are deemed to be covered by the compassionate prescribing framework. The holder of the marketing authorisation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuous evaluation of the risk-benefit ratio and transmission of new data

Article R5121-74-7

In order to be able to continuously assess the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may at any…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book I: Provisions common to all courts

Article 749

…the judicial order adjudicating in civil, commercial, social, rural or industrial matters, subject to the special rules for each matter and the provisions specific to each court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-7

…r the defendant is detained, the application for release may also be made by means of a declaration to the head of the penitentiary establishment. This declaration is recorded and dated by the head of…

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