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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative penalties.

Article L5426-7

No penalty may be imposed for offences that are more than two years old, or where the person concerned has already been convicted of the same offence by a criminal court or has benefited from a final…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article R234-7

…r must include a copy of all the documents that are useful for informing the president of the court and a statement of the reasons that led him to note the inadequacy of the decisions taken.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-7

Where, pursuant to articles L. 232-3 and L. 232-4, the statutory auditor shall make observations and set them out in a written report sent to the board of directors, the management board or the manage…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-7

Fines are recovered in accordance with the procedures laid down for State debts other than taxes and property. Objection to enforcement or opposition to prosecution does not have the effect of suspend…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article R2241-7

…ith the rules of civil law or after exercising the right of pre-emption on behalf of municipalities and their public establishments may be paid to the seller, after publication of the deed in the real…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-7

The doctor takes the blood sample in accordance with the methods prescribed by order of the Minister of Health, using a sampling kit issued by the officer or agent of the judicial police who is presen…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from the list of jobseekers

Article R5412-7

…oncerned in advance, by any means giving a date certain, of the facts of which he or she is accused and of the duration of the proposed deregistration, indicating that he or she has ten days in which…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Carriers.

Article L133-7

The Haulage Contractor has a lien on the value of the goods which are the subject of his obligation and on the documents relating thereto for all transport claims, even those arising in connection wit…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-7

The person authorised to represent the protected person may, unless the judge decides otherwise, carry out the acts mentioned in the first paragraph of Article 427.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-7

…e reservations set out in articles L. 1453-6 to L. 1453-9, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.

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