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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-7

The president or vice-presidents delegated by the executive of the departmental council who, in order to exercise their mandate, have ceased to exercise their professional activity benefit, if they ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of regional mandates

Article L4135-7

The president or vice-presidents delegated by the executive of the regional council who, in order to exercise their mandate, have ceased to exercise their professional activity benefit, if they are em…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Judicial administration of evidence

Article R153-7

Where only certain elements of the document are of such a nature as to infringe a business secret without being necessary for the resolution of the dispute, the judge shall order the communication or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article R742-7

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 213-15n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007R. 213-16n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 213-16-1n° 2017-1165 of 12 July…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article R743-7

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 213-15n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007R. 213-16n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 213-16-1n° 2017-1165 of 12 July…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-7

Compliance with the audience criterion defined in 6° of article L. 2151-1 is assessed by the Minister responsible for labour, who ensures that the amount of the contribution paid is sufficient to esta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expenses and costs

Article R7214-7

The cost of transporting the employee to and from the inter-company occupational health service is borne by the employer.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-36

In the event of prosecution for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-34, the investigating judge may provisionally order, for a period of up to three months, the total or partial closure of:…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-23

Sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account may also be invested to acquire the foreign exploitation rights to cinematographic works mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article 721-6. These sums ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Industrial property qualification

Article R421-7

The diploma, training period and professional examination conditions provided for in articles R. 421-1 and R. 421-1-1 do not apply to persons who have successfully completed a course of study and, whe…

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