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French General Tax CodeIn force
7: Information to be provided by the owner

Article 78

…m lease or a sharecropping lease, the owner is required, each time the lease is renewed or amended, to submit to the administration, within three months, a declaration indicating the designation of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-7

…II of Book II of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 1234-3-1 and L. 1235-7, is applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Articles L. 1231-1 to L. 1231-4, L. 1232-2 and L. 1235-2 are applicable there i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Harvesting haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a donor of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person

Article R1241-7

I.-If the guardianship judge considers, after hearing the protected person, that the latter is able to consent to the taking of the sample, he/she shall obtain his/her consent under the conditions def…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-74

Where provided for by law, the provisions of this Title shall also apply to: 1° Crimes and offences committed as part of an organised gang, other than those covered by articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 ; 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

The procedure applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following crimes and offences is that provided for by this Code, subject to the provisions of this Title: 1° Crime…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 722-7

The total amount of financial aid awarded for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad may not exceed 50% of the expenditure incurred by the company in this respect.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 721-7

The management of foreign exploitation rights for cinematographic works, in particular the signing of sales contracts and the collection of the corresponding royalties, is carried out by corporate off…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-74

The Minister of Justice will make a decision as soon as possible and no later than one week after receipt of the request for transit. Where a translation of the certificate is requested, this period s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-73

…of Justice cannot guarantee that the sentenced person will not be prosecuted, detained or subjected to any other restriction of his or her personal freedom on French territory, for acts or convictions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to transit on French territory.

Article 728-71

The Minister of Justice authorises the transit through French territory of persons transferred from the sentencing State to the executing State.

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