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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-7

…In this case, the trial shall proceed or continue to its conclusion, in accordance with Chapters VI and VII of this Title, with the exception of the provisions relating to the examination and presence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-4

…before the sentence is extinguished by prescription, the judgment of the Assize Court shall be null and void in its entirety and his case shall be re-examined by the Assize Court in accordance with th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-5

The appeal is not open to the person sentenced in absentia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-3

…al Security Code, or to the assistance provided for in article L. 251-1 of the French Social Action and Family Code.Any person who believes that he or she has been the victim of an unjustified refusal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L1115-3

Drawing up a certificate in breach of article L. 1110-2-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Single risk assessment document

Article R4121-3

In establishments with a social and economic committee, the single occupational risk assessment document is used to draw up the annual report provided for in 1° of Article L. 2312-27.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-33

…ans enabling the statutory auditor: a) To adapt, according to the scope of the assignment, the time and human resources devoted to it as well as the techniques implemented; b) To monitor compliance wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-31

The conditions of application of this section, in particular for determining the signature process appropriate to the nature of the document, are specified by the reference systems defined in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-30

…description of the procedures for implementing the provisions of articles L. 1111-26 to L. 1111-29 and the related documentation shall be made accessible to the persons receiving care and the profess…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-3

…ce. The application shall specify the nature of the duties entrusted to the judicial police officer and the department or unit within which he or she will be called upon to perform them on a regular b…

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