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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-7

…to the taxpayers concerned. The sums paid by a person mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 115-6 to a publisher mentioned in the first paragraph of the same article L. 115-6 are included i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-7

…hem with a space enabling them to communicate to consumers the information provided for in articles L. 221-5 and L. 221-6.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Assessment of the integration condition for the issue of a residence permit

Article L413-7

The first issue of the resident card provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10 or L. 423-16, the resident card bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU" provided for in articles L. 421-12, L. 421…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-76

…municipal cooperation and mixed syndicates that benefit from the competence provided for in article L. 2224-13 may introduce a fee for the removal of household waste calculated on the basis of the ser…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-76

…ssing whether the composition of the supervisory board complies with the first paragraph of article L. 225-69-1. Any appointment made in breach of this paragraph that does not remedy the irregularity…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-77

…e conditions under which the fund rules may provide, without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 214-61-1, that the redemption of units is provisionally capped when exceptional circumstances so…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1544-7

For the application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia of article L. 1142-17 : I. - The first three paragraphs of the article are replaced by the following provisions: When the damage is compensabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-7

…ions of Section 2 of Chapter V of this Title, with the exception of the first paragraph of Articles L. 225-37 and L. 225-82 and the fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-64. However, by exception to arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

…als and weapons and property related to nuclear materials provided for by 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 1333-9 and articles L. 1333-11, L. 1333-13-1 à L. 1333-13-6 and L. 1333-14 of the Defence Code; 2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-7

I.-After the death of the author, the resale right referred to in article L. 122-8 subsists in favour of his heirs and, for the usufruct provided for in Article L. 123-6, his spouse, during the curren…

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