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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 347

The President declares the debates closed. He may not summarise the pleas of the prosecution and the defence. He orders that the record of the proceedings be deposited in the hands of the clerk of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-4

…he appeal by the detained accused against the judgment on the merits, failing which the accused, if not detained for another reason, shall be released automatically. If the court considers it necessar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 346

Any challenge to the claim must be addressed to the authority that issued the assessment notice within three years of its notification, without prejudice to the time limits for remission of duties set…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 340

1. In the case of an entry of forgery against a report recording the fraud, if the entry is made within the time limit and in the form prescribed by the preceding article and assuming that the means o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-14

Preference shares may be converted into ordinary shares or into preference shares of another class. In the event of the conversion of preference shares into shares resulting in a capital reduction not…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article L532-1

…531-41 and L. 531-42.On pain of inadmissibility, these appeals must be lodged within one month of notification of the Office's decision, in accordance with conditions laid down by decree in the Coun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-17

…court for the measure to be terminated. The detention is automatically terminated if the court has not made a decision within three months of receiving the request. If the application is rejected, no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 711

The court or tribunal, at the request of the public prosecutor or the interested party, shall rule in chambers after hearing the public prosecutor, the party's counsel if he so requests and, if approp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-144

…ng the investigation or examination provided for in Articles 41-5 and 99-2. Where the decision does not fall within the remit of the public prosecutor, his opinion is sought beforehand. The applicant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-7

The meetings of the Competition Authority are not public. Only the parties and the Government Commissioner may attend. The parties may ask to be heard by the Authority and be represented or assisted.T…

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