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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority

Article R1233-7

…guard proceedings, the employer or administrator sends a copy of the judgment referred to inarticle L. 626-11 of the Commercial Code to the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-74

…compensation determined in accordance with the conditions set out in the third paragraph of Article L. 1221-14. The claimant will inform the Office, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receip…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-7

…municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation as provided for in Article L. 1424-24-3 are organised by the chairman of the fire and rescue service's board of directors, who…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Libraries (R)

Article R1614-76

…unt for the application of the criteria provided for in this sub-section is that defined in article L. 2334-2.The surface area to be taken into account for the application of the criteria provided for…

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

Article 721-2

I.-When a convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences has not been able to benefit from a measure of release on parole or conditional release under the conditions provided for in Articles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-7

The following may also be entered on the list of statutory auditors referred to in I of Article L. 822-1, pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 822-1-2 persons who have succ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article D2531-7

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 2531-2 and L. 2531-3, account is taken, as provided for in article R. 130-2 of the Social Security Code, of employees assigned within each establis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-7

I. - For the purposes of the seventh paragraph of article L. 132-22, the following information is provided to the policyholder:- the interest rate guaranteed by the contract and the interest rate corr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article D232-75

…ical examinations or documents deemed necessary by the committee of experts provided for in article L. 232-2. The decision is notified to the athlete by registered letter with acknowledgement of recei…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Approval of associations

Article R811-7

…ivity, with the exception of associations emanating from cooperative societies mentioned in article L. 811-2.

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