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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7

…nical provision may be allocated in accordance with the conditions set out in III of Article R. 441-7-1, and from which benefits paid are deducted in the event that deductions from the special technic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-7

…general principles and methods mentioned in Articles L. 356-6 to L. 356-10 and L. 356-15 to L. 356-24 at the level of the parent undertaking in the third country in accordance with the procedures set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The statutory auditor's mission.

Article D823-7-1

…Article L. 441-14, the statutory auditors shall certify, in the report mentioned in Article R. 823-7, of the fairness of the information referred to in Article D. 441-6 and its consistency with the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-7

Opticians who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who are established and legally practising the activiti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of amending and supplementary registrations.

Article R123-71

…ncial year, the publication of which is mandatory pursuant to Council Directives 86/635/EEC and 91/674/EEC and Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.

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

Article R5126-7

…harmacist in charge of management, cannot 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 assis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-7

…estment services provider as part of its trading book within the meaning of Article 11 of Directive 2006/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on the capital adequacy of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Control of legality

Article L2131-7

Every three years, before 1 June, the Government submits to Parliament a report on the a posteriori control exercised over the acts of the communes by the representatives of the State in the départeme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-17

…him before the sentence enforcement judge who proceeds in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-6. If the person cannot be brought before the sentence enforcement judge immediately, he or she…

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