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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inspection bodies for ventilation and sanitation of workplaces.

Article R4724-2

An order issued by the ministers for labour and agriculture specifies the accreditation conditions and measurement methods used to check compliance of ventilation and sanitation in workplaces.

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

Article 289

If any of the jurors present do not meet the legal aptitude conditions required by articles 255,256 and 257, the court shall order that their names be struck from the list and sent to the first presid…

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

Article 292

Any judgment modifying 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 o…

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

Article 291

…ach case, the court shall, if necessary, carry out the operations provided for in articles 288, 289 and 289-1. The court also orders that the names of the spouses, parents and relatives up to and incl…

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

Article 288

At the place, day and time fixed for the opening of the session, the court shall sit.The clerk shall call the jurors entered on the list drawn up in accordance with article 266.The court shall rule on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Invocation of the limitation period.

Article 2248

Unless waived, the statute of limitations may be asserted in any case, even before the Court of Appeal.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Invocation of the limitation period.

Article 2249

A payment made to extinguish a debt cannot be repeated solely on the grounds that the limitation period had expired.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Invocation of the limitation period.

Article 2247

Judges may not, of their own motion, substitute the plea resulting from prescription.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article D4132-2

…tly published roll of the departmental councils making up the region or inter-region is respectively1° Less than or equal to 10,000 for regions comprising more than five départements or less than or e…

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