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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-16

In an emergency, the representative of the State may: 1° Have the owner or, failing that, the operator of the building concerned carry out, at the owner's or operator's expense, the surveys and diagno…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-3-1

Failure by the owners mentioned in article R. 1334-16 to comply with any of the obligations defined in articles R. 1334-27 to R. 1334-29, article R. 1334-29-2, the first and second paragraphs of artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-3-2

Owners of the common areas of apartment blocks referred to in article R. 1334-17 and buildings referred to in article R. 1334-18 who fail to meet one of the obligations defined in articles R. 1334-27…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-3

Failure by the owners of the buildings mentioned in article R. 1334-14 to comply with one of the obligations defined in the first paragraph of article R. 1334-16, articles R. 1334-17 to R. 1334-19 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-1

The parties may also appeal the orders provided for by the ninth paragraph of Article 81, by Articles 82-1 and 82-3, and by the second paragraph of Article 156. In this case, the information file, or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-2

In the event of an appeal against an order under Article 181, the Investigating Chamber shall rule within four months of the date of the appeal declaration, failing which, if the person is detained, h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-2

The person lodging the appeal provided for in Article 187-1 may request that it be examined directly by the Investigating Chamber. In this case, a decision is taken at the latest on the fifth working…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-5

The time limits relating to the length of pre-trial detention provided for in articles 145-1 to 145-3 are no longer applicable once the investigating judge has issued his order for referral to the tri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187

Where an appeal is lodged against an order other than a settlement order or where the case is referred directly to the Investigating Chamber, pursuant to Articles 81, ninth paragraph, 82-1, second par…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-4

In the event of an appeal, even if inadmissible, being lodged against an order provided for in the first paragraph of article 179, the Investigating Chamber shall rule within two months of the date on…

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