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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition and operation

Article R612-7

I. - Pursuant to 1° of II of Article L. 612-14, the Supervisory Board may delegate its powers to the Chairman or, in his absence or impediment, to the Vice-Chairman or to another of its members, to ta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-7

…nnot be provided under the conditions set out in articles R. 5126-54, R. 5126-84 or R. 5126-104, it may be carried out by pharmacy interns and by interns and assistant pharmacists in army hospitals wh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-7

…de by concordant deliberations taken before the creation of the new commune;2° Failing this, of the mayors, deputy mayors, as well as municipal councillors of the former communes, under the conditions…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-7

The duties mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 212-1 may be performed on national territory by nationals of Member States of the European Union or States party to the Agreement on the Europ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105

When, in the course of the investigation, the provisions of articles 706-80 to 706-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Seizures of certain intangible movable property or intangible movable rights

Article 706-154

As an exception to Article 706-153, the judicial police officer may be authorised, by any means, by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge to seize, at the advanced expense of the Treasur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-7

…Council manages the Order's assets, defines its property policy and monitors its implementation. It may create or subsidise organisations of interest to the pharmaceutical profession, as well as mutua…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 747-1

…f this sentence results from the revocation of a suspended sentence, the sentence enforcement judge may, before the prison sentence is served or during its execution, order, of his own motion or at th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6314-7

The local authority may make inter vivos transfers of landed property located on its territory or of company rights relating thereto subject to a declaration, with the exception of donations in direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-7

…ersons who are not affiliated to a social security scheme or who are beneficiaries of such a scheme may be asked to take part in performance studies which do not involve any risk or constraint and in…

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