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Showing 13611370 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Recourse to arbitration by purchasers governed by private law

Article L2197-7

…is possible under the conditions defined by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7

Within a market undertaking, the following persons shall be of sufficiently good repute and possess the knowledge, skills and experience necessary for the performance of their duties: 1° Members of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Negotiation procedures

Article L2241-7

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2241-5 or in the event of non-compliance with its stipulations, the organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings.

Article D421-7

The declarations of threshold crossing provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 421-9 shall indicate separately the number of shares and the number of voting rights held in the market u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article D1524-7

…hem their purpose, their amount and, where applicable, the sector of activity to which they relate; 3° Amendments to the articles of association made during the year, keeping a record of the last five…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-7

…annex to this article on the basis of the nomenclature of activities provided for by decree no. 2007-1888 of 26 December 2007 approving the nomenclatures of French activities and products: ON THE LAS…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-2

…f the issuing State; 2° The identification of the court in the issuing State that issued the order; 3° The identity of the natural or legal persons against whom the confiscation order was issued; 4° D…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7

…ntral administration of the SICAV are located in France.Subject to the provisions of article L. 214-7-4, the shares of the SICAV are issued and redeemed by the company at the request of subscribers or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-9

…d, fails, without legitimate reason, to attend the adversarial hearing provided for by the articles 712-6 or 712-7, the sentence enforcement judge or the sentence enforcement court may rule in his abs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisional arrest.

Article 728-68

…the liberty and custody judge, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 148-6 and 148-7, his release or the lifting of judicial supervision or house arrest with electronic surveillance.…

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