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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 354

The president has the accused removed from the courtroom. If the accused is free, he shall instruct him not to leave the courthouse for the duration of the deliberation, indicating, where appropriate,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 351

If it emerges from the proceedings that the offence has a legal classification other than that given by the decision to bring the indictment, the President shall put one or more subsidiary questions.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 350

If one or more aggravating circumstances, not mentioned in the committal order, emerge from the proceedings, the chairman will ask one or more special questions.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 353

Before the Assize Court retires, the President reads out the following instruction, which is also posted in large print in the most conspicuous place in the deliberation chamber: "Subject to the requi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-35

Where the decision is amnestied under French law or is the subject of a pardon granted in France, the Public Prosecutor shall terminate the enforcement of the confiscation order and shall inform the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-35

The application for authorisation must be accompanied, where appropriate, by a copy of the documents representing accreditation, authorisation or approval issued by the competent authorities of the St…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 35

Where several claims based on different and unrelated facts are made by one plaintiff against the same adversary and joined in one proceeding, the jurisdiction and rate of jurisdiction shall be determ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 355

The court pronounces a full adoption or a simple adoption. The adoption takes effect from the day on which the adoption petition is filed.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 356

Plenary adoption confers on the child a filiation that replaces his or her original filiation: the adopted child ceases to belong to his or her original family, subject to the prohibitions on marriage…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 359

The adoption is irrevocable.

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