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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-7

…ailure to maintain the apprentice's salary during this leave in breach of the provisions of article L. 6222-35, is punishable by a fine for a fifth-class offence. Repeated offences are punishable in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Respective rights and duties of management and staff under their authority

Article R8124-7

…s and priorities for labour inspection defined in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 8112-1. All inspectors are required to contribute to the implementation of actions undertaken in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-20

Without prejudice to the application of Article 694-4, enforcement of a confiscation order shall be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If the certificate is not produced, if it is drawn up inco…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article R311-7

…e resolvability of a person concerned, for the purposes of the assessment mentioned in I of Article L. 311-11, including when this assessment concerns several entities of a group.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions for technological disasters

Article R421-78

The ceiling referred to in Article L. 421-16 is 100,000 euros. This amount is revised in line with changes in the construction cost index published by the Institut national de la statistique et des ét…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-7

…ligations within a period allowing it to organise the inspection operations provided for in Article L. 721-9 or the implementation of corrective measures guaranteeing compliance with the specification…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rescript

Article R217-7

The professional's application referred to in I of article L. 217-24 shall be submitted to the regional directorate or the directorate for the economy, employment, labour and solidarity of the region…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Content and adoption of the measures imposed

Article R733-7

The benefit of the measures imposed by the commission, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 733-4, may not be invoked more than two months after the debtor has been summoned to pay the amount of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes

Article 730 quater

…ansfers of units in venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it stood prior to ordonnance no. 2013-676 of 25 July…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Provisions specific to Réunion

Article R651-7

…n this title: 1° In Article R. 615-2, the words: "and the transfer decision provided for in Article L. 572-1" are deleted; 2° In Article R. 621-2, the words: "Subject to the provisions of Article R. 6…

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