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Showing 17011710 of 25376 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – JurisData 1997-003951

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-7

If the control operations are planned with a view to investigating offences, the Public Prosecutor shall be informed in advance and may object. The public prosecutor is informed immediately, by any me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Tasks

Article L518-7

The Supervisory Board ensures ongoing control of the management of Caisse des dépôts et consignations by the Chief Executive Officer. It may delegate some of its powers to the Chief Executive Officer,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-7

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, grant individual authorisation to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant to nati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D132-7

I.-The transfer of individual rights in the course of accrual is automatic, subject to the provisions of this section. II-The contract includes a clause allowing the transfer of individual rights duri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-2

…her lawyer, directly or indirectly, or where the investigation relates to facts covered by Articles 706-73 or 706-73-1 or falling within the jurisdiction of the anti-terrorist public prosecutor. When…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

…ered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers' rights and ob…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7

If the inventor is an employee, the right to the industrial property title, in the absence of a contractual stipulation more favourable to the employee, is defined according to the following provision…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-72

…ature whose securities or rights are included in its assets; 2° May, notwithstanding article R. 214-74, sell equity or debt securities held for more than twelve months to an affiliated undertaking. In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-7

In their report to the Ordinary General Meeting, the Statutory Auditors shall specify, in addition to the information provided for in Article R. 822-56 :

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-7

I. - Substantial changes to the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1243-6 are subject to prior written authorisation by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et d…

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