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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 802-3

Where at least one of the offences prosecuted falls within a category of offences for the trial of which the court has, pursuant to the provisions of this code, concurrent and specialised territorial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-5

For the application of the right of a suspected or accused person, provided for by III of Preliminary Article, to an interpreter or a translation, the present article shall apply.If there is any doubt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 800-2

At the request of the person concerned, any court that dismisses a case, discharges the accused, acquits the accused or makes any decision other than a conviction or a declaration that the accused is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-2

Any person who is brought before the investigating judge after being held in police custody or detained at the request of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge must appear the same d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 800-1

The costs of criminal, correctional and police justice shall be borne by the State and without recourse against the convicted person or the civil party, subject to the cases provided for in the last t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 802-2

Any person who has been the subject of a search or domiciliary visit pursuant to the provisions of this Code and who has not been prosecuted before an investigating or trial court at the earliest six…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-4

When a person prosecuted or convicted by the French courts is arrested outside national territory in application of the provisions on the European arrest warrant or extradition or in application of an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-6

Any suspected or accused person subject to a measure involving deprivation of liberty pursuant to a provision of this Code shall, at the time of notification of such measure, be given a document setti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and tasks

Article R1112-80

I.-The Commission ensures that users' rights are respected and facilitates their procedures. To this end, all complaints and claims addressed to the health care institution by users or their relatives…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-80

In the cases provided for in article L. 228-73, the decision of the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen to disregard such decision shall be published in accordance with…

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