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Showing 23412350 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R411-7

…rovisions of the second paragraph of article L. 411-2 and of articles R. 411-1, R. 411-2 and R. 411-3 are punishable by the fine provided for in 5° of article 131-13 of the French Penal Code.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-71

…iovisual production account and under the automatic film production account may not exceed €800,000;3° The combined amount invested by the production company under the automatic audiovisual production…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-7

Derogations from the provisions of articles L. 3134-3 and L. 3134-4 may be granted by the administrative authority for categories of activities whose full or partial operation is necessary on Sundays…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-7

A joint order of the ministers responsible for local authorities and the budget sets, after a reasoned opinion from the commission mentioned in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-9

…n or made a probation decision involving alternative sanctions or measures provided for in Articles 764-3 and 764-4 shall be competent to forward the conviction or probation decision to the competent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Professional inadequacy

Article R6156-70

…blood or marriage up to and including the fourth degree; 2° Any person who initiated the procedure; 3° The author of the investigation whose conclusions prompted the referral of the matter to the Comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-70

…he event giving rise to entitlement under Article L. 5424-25. The persons referred to in Article L. 382-1 of the Social Security Code are deemed to meet this condition if they can prove that they have…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-7

The traveller may assign his contract to a transferee who fulfils the same conditions as he does for taking the trip or holiday, as long as this contract has not produced any effect. Unless otherwise…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Examination of the appeal

Article L532-7

…he panel if he considers that it does not fall within one of the cases provided for in Articles L. 531-24, L. 531-26, L. 531-27 or L. 531-32, or that it raises a serious difficulty. The court then rul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729-1

…anted to persons sentenced to life imprisonment in the forms and conditions provided for in Article 721; the total duration of these reductions may not, however, exceed, per year of imprisonment, twen…

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