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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-33

The Cour de cassation is not obliged to refer to the Conseil constitutionnel a priority question of constitutionality challenging, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Conse…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-30

…any observations they may have before the Court. They are signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, in accordance with the rules set out in article 585, except where they ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-31

…stitutionality is raised in the course of an appeal, the separate pleading provided for in article 23-5 of Order no. 58-1067 of 7 November 1958 shall bear the words: "priority question of constitution…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-32

…ies or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in articles R. * 49-30 and R. * 49-31. It sets the date of the hearing at which the priority question of constitution…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-34

…taken by the president of the panel or his delegate pursuant to the first paragraph of Article R. * 49-32, as well as the date of the hearing.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of death prior to sampling and conditions for taking samples

Article R1232-4-3

The medical measures taken prior to removal to ensure the preservation of the organs of a person whose death has been duly confirmed shall be discontinued if it appears that this person had expressed…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-4

…civil solidarity pact or cohabitee leaves the child's original filiation with regard to that person and his or her family intact. For the rest, it produces the effects of an adoption by a couple.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-3

…e period of seven years.Authorisation is granted when the project meets the needs of the population and ensures compliance with the operating conditions set out in article L. 6323-4-4.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-4

The provisions of II of article L. 212-3 as well as articles L. 212-3-1 and L. 212-3-2 are of public order.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to trial solely on the basis of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code

Article D47-37-4

…on the application of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code. The experts who have examined the person, and in particular those who have given differing opinions, must be heard by the assize court, if nec…

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