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Article 802 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of a breach of the forms prescribed by law on pain of nullity or a failure to observe essential formalities, any court, including the Cour de cassation, which is seised of an application for annulment or which notes such an irregularity of its own motion may declare nullity only where the effect of the nullity has been to prejudice the interests of the party concerned.

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Article 802

En cas de violation des formes prescrites par la loi à peine de nullité ou d’inobservation des formalités substantielles, toute juridiction, y compris la Cour de cassation, qui est saisie d’une demande d’annulation ou qui relève d’office une telle irrégularité ne peut prononcer la nullité que lorsque celle-ci a eu pour effet de porter atteinte aux intérêts de la partie qu’elle concerne.

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