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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-35-1

Unpaid family solidarity leave is granted under the conditions set out in articles L. 3142-6 to L. 3142-15 of the French Labour Code and the regulatory provisions adopted for their application to hosp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: The Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article L1424-32

Each departmental or territorial fire and rescue service is placed under the authority of a departmental director of fire and rescue services, assisted by a deputy departmental director.The department…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: The Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article L1424-33

The departmental director of fire and rescue services is placed under the authority of the State representative in the department for:- the operational management of the fire and rescue service and it…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-6

The provisions of articles 393 to 397-5 shall not apply to minors, or in respect of press offences, political offences or offences for which the procedure for prosecution is provided by a special law.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-4

…e accused is sentenced to unsuspended imprisonment, the court hearing the case pursuant to articles 395 et seq. may, regardless of the length of the sentence, order, on the basis of the elements of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-5

…or a law enforcement officer, they are required to appear under the penalties set out in articles 438 to 441.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-7

…c prosecutor considers that the acts for which the person is brought before him pursuant to article 393 should, due to their seriousness or complexity, be the subject of an investigation falling withi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of the Assize Court hearing the appeal

Article 380-14

…case of referral after cassation. Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 380-1, in the event of an appeal against a decision of the assize court of an overseas department, N…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-2

In all the cases provided for in this paragraph 3, the court may, at the request of the parties or of its own motion, assign by judgment one of its members or one of the investigating judges of the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of the Assize Court hearing the appeal

Article 380-15

If the appeal has not been lodged within the time limits laid down by law or relates to a judgment that is not subject to appeal, the First President of the Court of Appeal or the President of the Cri…

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