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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementation

Article L7332-7

This Title applies to salaried entrepreneurs governed by Articles L. 7331-2 and L. 7331-3 who are not yet members of the cooperative of activity and employment.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Invalidity of information

Article 173-1

On pain of inadmissibility, the person under investigation must put forward pleas alleging the nullity of acts performed before his first appearance examination or of this examination itself within si…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Probationary measures

Article R716-17

Where the judge has made the seizure subject to the provision of guarantees by the claimant, these must be provided before the seizure is carried out. On pain of nullity and damages against the bailif…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions

Article R775-17

Article R. 531-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-125 of 4 February 2022, subject to the deletion in the second paragraph of the words: "in…

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

Article L3331-7

In each municipality in which the mayor exercises, by delegation of the representative of the State in the department, the prerogatives mentioned in the first paragraph of 2 of article L. 3332-15, a m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special conditions of secondment

Article L1262-7

The provisions of this section do not apply to temporary employment agencies as defined in Article L. 1251-2 or to modelling agencies as defined in Article L. 7123-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision and control.

Article R2324-14

As part of the monitoring and supervision provided for in article L. 2324-2, the doctor in charge of the departmental maternal and child protection service ensures that the organisation, operation and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-17

The statements appended to the budget documents pursuant to Article L. 3661-15 are as follows:I. - Statements appended to the budget and the administrative account :1° Tables summarising the status of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-17

The share of the departmental equipment grant for collèges allocated to all the departments in each region is determined each year in such a way as to take into account, up to 70%, the capacity of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-7

Breaches of articles L. 3232-5 and L. 3232-6 are recorded by the agents mentioned in article L. 511-3 and in 1° and 2° of I of article L. 511-22 of the French Consumer Code, under the conditions set o…

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