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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 553

If the time limits prescribed in the preceding article have not been observed, the following rules shall apply:1° In the event that the party summoned does not appear, the summons must be declared nul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 557

If the copy has been delivered to a person residing at the domicile of the person to whom the writ relates, the bailiff shall inform the interested party of this delivery without delay, by registered…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 551

The summons is issued at the request of the public prosecutor, the civil party, and any administration that is legally empowered to do so. The bailiff must comply with their request without delay.The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 555

The bailiff must take all necessary steps to ensure that his writ is delivered to the addressee himself or, if the addressee is a legal person, to its legal representative, to an authorised representa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 556

If the person to whom the summons is addressed is absent from his or her home, the copy shall be delivered to an allied relative, servant or a person residing at that home.The bailiff shall indicate i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 564

…quired to put, at the end of the original and the copy of the writ, the cost thereof, on pain of a civil fine of 3 to 15 euros; this fine is pronounced by the president of the court hearing the case.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 559

…the person against whom the writ is served has no known domicile or residence, the bailiff shall deliver a copy of the writ to the public prosecutor's office of the court seised. The foregoing provisi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 566

If a writ is declared null and void through the fault of the bailiff, the bailiff may be ordered to pay the costs of the writ and the annulled proceedings, and possibly damages to the party who has be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint local committees.

Article L2234-3

…and the conditions under which they benefit from the protection provided by the provisions of Book IV relating to protected employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint local committees.

Article L2234-1

Joint professional or cross-industry committees may be set up at local, departmental or regional level, by agreement concluded under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2231-1. Agreements conclu…

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