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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-45

Where the conviction is for more than one offence and, for one of the reasons set out in articles 728-32 or 728-33, it cannot be recognised and enforced insofar as it relates to one or some of these o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 721-9

Exceptions to the 50% threshold may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, up to a limit of 60% and upon a reasoned request from the foreign sales company,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-7

…d or if the proof referred to in article R. 2193-6 has not been submitted to it. If the purchaser remains silent for twenty-one days from receipt of the documents mentioned in the first paragraph and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article L450-7

…administrative authorities and independent public authorities mentioned in the annex to Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and independ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Judgement on the application to remain in the waiting zone

Article R342-7

At the hearing, the administrative authority that applied for the foreign national to be kept in the waiting area or its representative, at its request or that of the judge, is heard.The foreign natio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments

Article L3334-7

A former employee may continue to make payments into the group retirement savings plan. These payments do not benefit from additional payments made by the company, and the costs of managing them are b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article R711-74

…mpetent to conclude contracts under the terms of the internal regulations referred to in Article R. 711-68. This regulation specifies the cases in which, in particular because of their small amount or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Revenue authorities (R).

Article R1617-7

The administrators collect the revenue paid by the debtors under the same conditions as public accountants. Under the conditions laid down in the instrument setting up the imprest account, they may be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R2241-7

The price of real estate acquisitions made out of court in accordance with the rules of civil law or after exercising the right of pre-emption on behalf of municipalities and their public establishmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article R631-7

The authorities responsible for ensuring the implementation of the decisions of the High Council for Financial Stability shall report to it at its request. In particular, the Haut Conseil de stabilité…

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