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Showing 17911800 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R3123-7

…which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 3123-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly work…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R4135-7

…hich elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 4135-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly workin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R7125-7

…which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 7125-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly work…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate or office

Article R7227-7

…which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 7227-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly work…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Institution of proceedings

Article 750-1

In application of the Article 4 of Law no. 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016, on pain of inadmissibility, which the judge may declare ex officio, the legal claim shall be preceded, at the parties' option,…

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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

…ing of the sample, he/she shall obtain his/her consent under the conditions defined in article R. 1231-3. The record of the act is kept at the court registry and a copy is sent to the protected person…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-7

…rsons referred to in the first paragraph hold more than half of the share capital and voting rights;3° The admission of any new member is subject to the prior approval, as the case may be, of the Boar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-7

…e payee or through a payment service provider providing a payment initiation service referred to in 7° of II of Article L. 314-1.In the absence of such consent, the payment transaction or series of pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-77

…from the notification given to the competent authority of the issuing State pursuant to Article 696-72, the liberty and custody judge shall decide whether to recognise the decision to place the person…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-74

Recognition and follow-up of the decision to place the person under judicial supervision may be refused in the following cases: 1° Where the surrender of the person concerned could not be ordered in t…

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