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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322

Practitioners who meet the conditions for inclusion on the electoral list for a section of the Disciplinary Board may be elected to that section. However, practitioners may not be elected: 1° Who are…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-32

…ing the sale, the sale has already been the subject of information pursuant to article 18 de la loi n° 2014-856 du 31 juillet 2014 relative à l'économie sociale et solidaire.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D44-3

Reporting proposals and ratings provided for in article D. 44-2 are drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They must include a detailed general assessment, as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-32

Where the wanted person is of French nationality or has been lawfully resident on French territory uninterruptedly for at least five years, the execution of the European arrest warrant may be made sub…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-34

Release may be requested at any time from the Investigating Chamber in accordance with the forms provided for in Articles 148-6 and 148-7. The wanted person's lawyer is summoned, by registered letter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-36

If the wanted person voluntarily evades the obligations of judicial supervision or electronically monitored house arrest or if, after having been released without judicial supervision or electronicall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-31

If, at the time of his appearance, the wanted person declares that he consents to his surrender, the investigating chamber informs him of the legal consequences of his consent and of its irrevocable n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-35

The release or modification of judicial supervision or electronically monitored house arrest may be ordered at any time by the investigating chamber under the conditions provided for in article 199, e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-30

When the wanted person appears, the investigating chamber establishes his or her identity and takes his or her statements, a record of which is drawn up. The hearing is public, unless publicity is lik…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-33

If the Investigating Chamber considers that the information communicated by the issuing Member State in the European arrest warrant is insufficient to enable it to rule on the surrender, it shall requ…

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