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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article L1453-7

By way of derogation from the provisions of section 3 and subject to the conditions of declaration or authorisation provided for in this section, the following benefits in kind or in cash may be offer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article D*754-23

Article D*. 351-4 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting from decree no. 2005-1006 of 2 August 2005.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Equalisation of tax resources

Article L3662-7

The articles L. 3335-1 and L. 3335-2 apply to the Metropole of Lyon.In 2015, 2016 and 2017, for the application of Article L. 3335-2 to the Rhône department and the Metropole of Lyon, the transfer dut…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1783 A

Independent of the applicable tax penalties, breaches of the provisions of 2 of Article 119 bis, of 1 and 2 of Article 187 and of 2 of article 1672 and those of the decree which sets the terms and con…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2132-14

The purchaser is deemed to offer other appropriate means of access in all of the following cases: 1° Where it offers free, unrestricted, full and direct access by electronic means to the tools and dev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-7

The relocation of an existing outlet to the territory of a municipality is not considered to be the opening of a new outlet: 1° If it is carried out by the owner of the business or his successors in t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-17

The contracting authority shall negotiate with all tenderers in respect of their initial and subsequent tenders, with the exception of final tenders. It may, however, award the contract on the basis o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-7

The consumer has a period of fourteen completed calendar days in which to exercise his right of withdrawal, without having to give any reason or incur any penalties. The period during which the right…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-7

Once their asylum application has been registered, foreign nationals are issued with an asylum application certificate, the conditions for the issue and renewal of which are set by decree in the Conse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-7

I.- Each year, the Government sends the chairmen of the committees responsible for economic affairs and the general rapporteurs of the committees responsible for finance of each assembly a report on t…

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