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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-7

…ilure to comply with the following provisions is punishable by a fourth-class fine: 1° Articles L. 1221-13, L. 1221-15 and L. 1221-15-1, D. 1221-23 to R. 1221-26, relating to the single personnel regi…

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

Article R5215-7

…munity council: 1° The list of operations decided upon that have not received a start on execution; 2° The list of operations in progress; 3° The list of operations in progress that the communes never…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-7

…o take part, under the responsibility of a doctor who is able to check that it is being carried out and to intervene immediately, in recordings made during the following functional explorations: 1° Re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-7

…be presumed to be co-authors of a collaborative audiovisual work: 1° The author of the screenplay; 2° The author of the adaptation; 3° The author of the spoken text; 4° The author of the musical comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L937-7

Article L. 723-4 reads as follows: "Art. L. 723-4 -Subject to the provisions of Article L. 937-9, persons aged at least thirty years who are registered on the electoral list drawn up pursuant to Artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-7

…mises placed under the customs warehousing arrangements provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code, together with Commission Regulat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fees levied in connection with operations carried out by the agency

Article D5321-7

The amount of the duty provided for in Article L. 5321-3 is set as follows: 1° Under 1° of I : For the analysis of samples and the assessment of the documentation relating to the control protocol subm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-145

…ispose of property seized in criminal proceedings except in the cases provided for in articles 41-5 and 99-2 and this chapter. From the date on which it becomes enforceable and until it is released or…

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

Article L3331-7

…representative of the State in the department, the prerogatives mentioned in the first paragraph of 2 of article L. 3332-15, a municipal drinks commission is set up, made up of representatives of muni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-7

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 4122-1-2 and L. 4123-10 and VI of article L. 4124-11, when the number of vacant seats no longer enables a quorum to be reached, the President of the…

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