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Showing 41214130 of 59562 articles for Art. n° 23-022 and 7 July 1995

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

Article D917-7

In the first paragraph of Article D. 711-67-1, the words: "de l'industrie, du commerce et des services" are replaced by the words: "de l'agriculture, du commerce, de l'industrie, des services et de l'…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders

Article A526-7

The descriptive statement of business assets provided for in II of article D. 526-30 and intended for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales contains the following i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Territorial psychiatric communities

Article D6136-7

The regional psychiatric community submits an annual activity and orientation report to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The regional psychiatric community may represent its members…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-7

The management report, the inventory and the annual accounts drawn up by the managers are submitted to the shareholders' meeting for approval, within six months of the end of the said financial year.T…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-7

The natural person or persons who carry out the intellectual creation of an audiovisual work shall have the status of author of that work. In the absence of proof to the contrary, the following shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2311-7

…in a statement appended to the budget, a list of beneficiaries with, for each of them, the purpose and amount of the grant. The individualisation of appropriations or the list drawn up in accordance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24

Officers and agents of the judicial police, assigned to the judicial police services specially responsible for combating terrorism, may be authorised by name by the public prosecutor at the Paris cour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-21

In the cases provided for in article 706-18, the committal or arrest warrant shall remain enforceable; the prosecution or investigation acts and formalities that took place before the decision to reli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-19

…d at the time of the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of articles 181 and 469. If the facts constitute a contravention, the examining magistrate shall order the case to b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-22

An order made on the basis of article 706-18 by which an investigating judge decides to relinquish jurisdiction may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its…

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