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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Member of the Special Negotiating Body and representative on the Committee of the European Company, the Committee of the European Cooperative Society or the Committee of the Company resulting from the cross-border merger

Article L2412-7

…committee of the company resulting from the cross-border merger, before the expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfitness certified by the occupational physician, or on expiry of the term…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Chimney sweeping of flues and chimney pipes

Article R1331-71

…ry twelve months. The decrees mentioned in article L. 1311-2 may stipulate that chimney sweeping is to be carried out several times a year, including once during the heating period. In the case of col…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Chimney sweeping of flues and chimney pipes

Article R1331-70

…eeping involves the cleaning, by direct mechanical action, of the inside wall of the flue, in order to remove soot and deposits and ensure that the entire length of the flue, including connecting pipe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Conditions under which removal may be carried out

Article L722-7

The effective removal of a foreign national who is the subject of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory may not take place before the expiry of the time limit for challenging thi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 768

The automated national criminal record, which may include one or more processing centres, is kept under the authority of the Minister of Justice. It receives, as far as persons born in France are conc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7

If the inventor is an employee, the right to the industrial property title, in the absence of a contractual stipulation more favourable to the employee, is defined according to the following provision…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-7

Where the parents refuse to consent to the adoption of their child in respect of whom they have lost interest to the risk of compromising the child's health or morals, the court may order the adoption…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-7

The duties mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 212-1 may be performed on national territory by nationals of Member States of the European Union or States party to the Agreement on the Europ…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Obligation to declare

Article A322-7

In swimming pools, a complete and up-to-date technical file containing plans and descriptions of the installations is made available to the agents referred to in article L. 1332-5 of the Public Health…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Admission to trading

Article L425-7

The operator of the organised trading system shall establish transparent rules concerning the criteria for determining which financial instruments may be traded on its system. When a financial instrum…

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