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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-7

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify, where necessary:1° The rules of procedure applicable in the event of the penalty provided for in articles L. 5145-3 to L. 5145-5, as well as the methods fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7

…women and the total number of men among the nine members of the college and the person mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 241-1.The Agency's College may only deliberate when at least six of its membe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-7

…tions under which investment firms and credit and investment institutions as defined in article L. 516-1 may carry on, on a professional basis, an activity other than those provided for in articles L.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The commission for the examination of draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article R142-7

…ports facilities required to host competitions, drawn up under the conditions set out in article L. 131-16. The Commission comprises : 1° The Director of Sport or his representative; 2° A representati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-72

In all cases where provisions relating to property ownership or to companies and financial instruments require the name, first name and domicile of the holder of the assets or securities to be indicat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-7

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of article L. 141-6 of the present code, cover shall continue in the event of the policyholder's safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings. In the ev…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-7

The share capital of an industrial property consultancy mentioned in Article L. 422-7 (b) may, in accordance with Article L. 423-2 (e), be only 25% owned by an industrial property attorney, provided t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-2

…ences and decisions that may give rise to cross-border enforcement under this Title are as follows: 1° Convictions to probation measures providing for imprisonment in the event of non-compliance, or t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 740

The parties and their defenders, even if they are foreigners, may, with the judge's permission, ask questions; these must be formulated or translated into French; the same applies to the answers given…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Execution of the international letter rogatory by the judicial court

Article 741

The assigned judge is required to inform the assigning court, at its request, of the place, day and time at which the execution of the letter rogatory will take place; the foreign assigning judge may…

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