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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-7

The Agency's resources include :1° Subsidies from the European Union or international organisations;2° A contribution from compulsory health insurance schemes, paid and distributed in accordance with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal regime for declarations of activity

Article L6351-7

…nal Council shall be notified of the details of the declaration of activity and any amendments thereto. It will be notified of the educational and financial report on the activity, the balance sheet,…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council.

Article R142-7

The following are eligible to vote, regardless of age 1° Permanent employees who, on the day of the ballot, are either in service with the Banque de France, on leave, on secondment, on availability fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-7

Unless otherwise stipulated in a manner more favourable to the author of software, the latter may not: 1° Oppose modification of the software by the assignee of the rights mentioned in 2° of Article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-7

…sons preparing for the profession of midwife is provided in schools approved by the region and open to candidates of both sexes. The conditions governing the organisation and approval of these schools…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-70

…r trade unions at national and cross-industry level sets out the procedures for organising the back-to-work pathway referred to in article L. 1233-65 and for implementing, monitoring and evaluating th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article D232-73

The application for a Therapeutic Use Exemption shall be sent to the Agency by the athlete, the person(s) with parental authority or the legal representative of the person concerned, by any means whic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2313-7

…companied by the following summary data in an appendix: 1° Actual operating expenditure in relation to the population; 2° Actual operating revenue in relation to the population; 3° Debt annuity in rel…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L220-7

Any insurance contract covering the civil liability of the operator of one of the means of transport mentioned in article L. 220-1 is, notwithstanding any clause to the contrary, deemed to include gua…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-4

In application of 12° of article 764-3, the following obligations may also be monitored and supervised in France: 1° A ban on carrying out a professional or voluntary activity involving habitual conta…

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