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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: The Commercial Court.

Article L724-7

Independent of any decisions that may be made pursuant to articles L. 724-3 and L. 724-4, where it appears, subsequent to his election, that a Commercial Court judge has incurred, before or after his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of Commercial Court Judges.

Article L723-7

Commercial court judges elected for five terms in the same commercial court are no longer eligible for election in that court.Commercial court judges may not serve beyond the calendar year in which th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article L761-7

The competent administrative authority shall decide on applications for authorisation submitted to it pursuant to article L. 761-5, taking into consideration the effects of the project in terms of reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-7

…by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros for any person performing the duties of statutory auditor to give or confirm false information about the situation of the legal entity or to fail…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-7

In the event of misconduct or impediment, the statutory auditors may, under the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, be relieved of their duties before the normal expiry of those duti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-7

When particularly serious acts appear likely to justify criminal or disciplinary sanctions, the General Rapporteur may, when justified by urgency and the public interest, and after the person concerne…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Rights management

Article R321-7

Any aid allocated by a collective management organisation pursuant to article L. 324-17 is the subject of an agreement between the organisation and the beneficiary. This agreement sets out the conditi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title Ia: Remuneration of journalists and other authors in respect of copyright and related rights of press agencies and press publishers

Article R312-7

The request is submitted to the commission by letter delivered against signature or any other means capable of establishing the date of presentation.The request includes:the name and contact details o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R325-7

…d publisher have not designated a collective management organisation, the management of their right to remuneration for library lending is entrusted to the organisation with the largest number of work…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Procedures and penalties

Article R335-7

I.-The Minister responsible for customs accepts or rejects the written request within thirty working days of receipt. II.-Where the application is incomplete, the applicant is invited to provide the m…

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