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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-7

The mayor may prescribe: 1° To close or fill in quarries, clay pits, sand pits, ballast pits, marl pits, lime pits, clay pits, mine shafts, excavation holes or holes resulting from the uprooting of st…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-7

…hareholder information provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article L. 236-9 is communicated to them in the form provided for in Article R. 236-2 or, where applicable, Article R. 236-3, as from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article R310-7

Advertising for a liquidation sale may only relate to products listed in the inventory provided as an appendix to the prior declaration mentioned in article R. 310-2. The order referred to in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.

Article R512-7

…it agricole mutuel is filed with the clerk of the judicial court.Each year, before 1st June, a director or the manager of the caisse shall file, in duplicate, at the clerk's office of the judicial cou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Minutes.

Article L8113-7

The Labour Inspectorate control officers mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 and assimilated control officers record infringements in official reports, which are valid until proven otherwise. These reports…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue

Article D1271-7

The special payment voucher referred to in B of article L. 1271-1 is issued on paper or in dematerialised form, in accordance with the provisions of article D. 1271-4.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-7

…r the application of article L. 464-6, the referrer and the Government Commissioner have two months to submit their written observations. They may present oral observations at the meeting.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-7

During the week following that of the election of the newly elected judges, the public prosecutor invites the judges of the commercial court established at the seat of the court of appeal who have not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Advances and loans

Article R2337-7

The Minister of the Economy and Finance may delegate his powers to prefects for the allocation of advances requested by communes and communal public establishments. The prefect's decisions are taken o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Third-party financing companies.

Article R518-71

I. - In granting its authorisation, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution takes into account the programme of activities of the third-party financing company, its organisation, the mana…

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