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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable before the Assize Court

Article D47-37-6

If the assize court answers in the affirmative to the question provided for in Article D. 47-37-5, it must then rule on the following question: "Has the accused materially committed the act of which h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable before the Assize Court

Article D47-37-7

If the assize court answers in the negative to the question provided for in article D. 47-37-5, it orders the accused to be transferred to a subsequent hearing of the Assize Court, which proceeds in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-6-3

Service may be effected by electronic means in accordance with the provisions of Article 803-1 in the cases and in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 593-1-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-34

Employers of member companies shall report any serious accident to the Regional Committee within forty-eight hours. For the purposes of this article, a serious accident means an accident which has res…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-33

The members of the committee of the national council and of the committees of the regional councils, as well as the employees of the Organisme professionnel de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-31

On their own initiative or at the request of a member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, the persons mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article R. 4643-30 carry…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-30

The members of the board of the national committee and the secretary general, duly authorised by him and the members of the body's staff, authorised by the secretary general, shall have free access to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-32

An authorised representative of the regional prevention committee is invited and attends in an advisory capacity: 1° Meetings of the health, safety and working conditions committee; 2° At the initiati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-34

The guarantor shall pay the sums due within ten days of receipt of the request for payment. Where the balance of payments requested exceeds the amount of the financial guarantee, claims of the same na…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-30

The modelling agency is considered to be in default, within the meaning of article L. 7123-19, when, at the end of a period of fifteen days following receipt of a formal notice, it has not paid all or…

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