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Showing 27612770 of 29080 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 7 décembre 2016 n° 15-86731

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-47

…io or at the request of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-8 of this code, modify or supplement the obligations or prohibitions to which the sentenced pers…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to economic and financial capacity

Article R2142-7

…contracting authorities; 2° Are kept in accordance with the conditions set out in articles R. 2184-7 to R. 2184-11 for contracting entities.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article D1111-7

The representative mentioned in 4° to 7° of II of Article L. 1111-9-1 whose seat becomes vacant as a result of death, resignation or the loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected or appo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-3

…lic prosecutor, as from its notification in accordance with the procedures set out in l° of article 712-11.If the person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision has not been subject to a treatment ord…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Valuation of assets.

Article A332-7

…el defined by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. For the assets mentioned in 3°, 7°, 7° bis, 8° and 9° bis of Article R. 332-2, the undertaking substitutes for the units or shares o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-7

…e payee or through a payment service provider providing a payment initiation service referred to in 7° of II of Article L. 314-1.In the absence of such consent, the payment transaction or series of pa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-7

…in article R. 334-5. This fund may not be less than €2,500,000. However, it may not be less than 3,700,000 euros for undertakings covering all or some of the risks included in one of the branches men…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-7

…at the end of the period opened to the minister responsible for the economy by II of Article L. 430-7-1.The Autorité de la concurrence shall inform the minister responsible for the economy of the deci…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…or 2 or 3 of Article L. 411-2-1, or whose financial instruments, units mentioned in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code are admitted to trading on a regulated market, as well as the rules that…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Basis for the local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-7

…elating to an activity carried on there, if the sum of their surface areas is less than or equal to 7 square metres.

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