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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-7

…by decree no. 2007-1888 of 26 December 2007 approving the nomenclatures of French activities and products: ON THE LAST day of the quarter NUMBER OF RISKS UNDERWRITTEN ON OPERATIONS carried out in Fran…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article R314-7

…the related agios. For this purpose, each of the debit balances successively entered in the account during the interval between two contractual closures is multiplied by its own duration in days.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-2

…eventing the commission of further offences, order that a sentenced person who has benefited from reductions in sentence under article 721 be subject, after his release and for a period which may not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-7

…article L. 423-1-1 du code de la construction et de l'habitation carry out cash transactions between themselves under t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-2

…sentence, work release, temporary absences, semi-liberty and conditional release are not applicable during the period of security provided for in article 132-23 of the Penal Code. Unless otherwise dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Limiting the number of public houses.

Article L3331-7

…esenting cafe owners. This committee may be consulted by the mayor on any draft regulation or individual decision concerning pubs in the municipality.The application of this article is governed by dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-7

…or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation, the territorial chambers of commerce and industry, the chambers of trade and craft and the chambers of agriculture in whose territory or jurisd…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-4

Compensation is awarded by a commission set up within the jurisdiction of each judicial court. This commission has the character of a civil court which rules at first instance. The commission is made…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-75

…ion, once their available resources have been exhausted, to immediately pay only part of the claims due to these causes. The companies which have obtained such authorisation must allocate, as a priori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-7

In the event of misconduct or impediment, the statutory auditors may, under the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, be relieved of their duties before the normal expiry of those duti…

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