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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 723-8

Aid may not exceed 50% of distribution costs. However, this rate is increased to 80% for difficult or low-budget works.A difficult work is one that meets one of the following conditions:1° It is a dir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-7

The employer temporarily posting employees on national territory, or his representative referred to in II of Article L. 1262-2-1, shall present to the Labour Inspectorate, at the place where the servi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article R724-7

If the commission imposes personal recovery without judicial liquidation, the provisions of article R. 741-1 are applicable. If the commission decides to refer the matter to the judge for the purposes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formal notice prior to temporary cessation of activity.

Article R4721-7

The employer shall inform without delay the agents of the prevention services of the social security bodies, the occupational physician, the social and economic committee, as well as the workers conce…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article R211-7

The insurance must be taken out for an unlimited sum in respect of personal injury and for a sum at least equal to that set by order of the Minister for the Economy, which may not be less than €1 mill…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-7

The income from rights attached to assets that are recorded separately in the accounts as provided for in article R. 342-1 is taken into account in full, including income corresponding to any other ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3165-7

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 3164-1, relating to the minimum daily rest period for young workers, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accord…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-7

The company is registered after the clerk of the competent court has verified that it has been properly incorporated under the conditions provided for by the laws and regulations relating to the trade…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-7

The manager is vested with the broadest powers to act in all circumstances on behalf of the company. In dealings with third parties, the company is bound even by acts of the manager that do not fall w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-84

The real identity of the officers or agents of the judicial police who carried out the infiltration under an assumed identity must not appear at any stage of the proceedings. Revealing the identity of…

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