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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-23

…order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Environment, on a proposal from the Director General of the French Biodiversity Office and after receiving the assent of the commission menti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-20

The members of the commission mentioned in 2° of article R. 15-33-29-18 and their alternates and, on the proposal of the members mentioned in 3° and 4° of the same article, the representatives of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-21

In order to be appointed as a judicial environmental officer, environmental inspectors must have passed a technical examination. The procedures for organising this examination and the test programme a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-22

The jury for the technical examination is formed by the committee referred to in article R. 15-33-29-19. The members of the committee or their alternates called upon to make up the jury must sit for t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special rules applicable throughout the customs territory to certain categories of goods.

Article 215

1. Those who hold or transport goods that are dangerous to public health, safety or morals, counterfeit goods, goods prohibited under international commitments or goods that are the subject of interna…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-23-2

…departments and the per capita financial potential of the commune. The financial potential taken into account includes the amounts collected in respect of dock dues recorded in the management account…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 289

…y articles 255,256 and 257, the court shall order that their names be struck from the list and sent to the first president of the court of appeal or to the president of the judicial tribunal, seat of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 292

…ifying the composition of the session list drawn up in accordance with Article 266 shall be brought to the attention of the accused by the court clerk, without formality. The accused or his lawyer may…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 291

…s 288, 289 and 289-1. The court also orders that the names of the spouses, parents and relatives up to and including the degree of uncle or nephew of the accused or his lawyer, as well as the names of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 290

All of the court's decisions are set out in a reasoned judgment, after the public prosecutor has been heard. This judgment may only be challenged by way of an appeal in cassation at the same time as t…

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