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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 297

The accused or his lawyer first, and then the public prosecutor, shall challenge such jurors as they see fit, as their names come out of the ballot box, except for the limitation expressed in article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 299

…s; they may exercise them separately. In either case, they may not exceed the number of challenges determined for a single accused.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 285

Where, in respect of the same crime, several committal orders have been issued against different defendants, the President may, either of his own motion or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, ord…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 287

The President may, either of his own motion or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, order the postponement to a later session of cases which do not appear to him to be fit to be tried during the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 286

Where the committal order relates to several unrelated offences, the president may, either of his own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, order that the accused be immediately prosecute…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 283

The President, if the investigation appears to him to be incomplete or if new information has come to light since its closure, may order any acts of information that he deems useful. This is done eith…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 296

The trial jury is composed of six jurors when the court rules at first instance and nine jurors when it rules on appeal. The court must, by judgment, order, before the list of jurors is drawn, that, i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Publication of the mortgage.

Article 246

The conditions under which the mortgage is made public and retained are set by decree.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater U

…1. The credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in Article L. 511-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code which is liable for corporation tax, income tax or an equivalent tax, and w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-2

…1 and accompanying the declaration shall be sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by any means capable of acknowledging receipt. It includes the following in…

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