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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R430-7

The decisions referred to in Article L. 430-5 shall be notified to the author or authors of the notification of the concentration referred to in Article L. 430-3, as well as to the Minister responsibl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-32

…ollowing cases: 1° The certificate is not produced, is incomplete or manifestly does not correspond to the sentencing decision and has not been completed or corrected within the time limit set; 2° The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-33

…ntencing decision is based on offences committed wholly, mainly or for the most part on French territory or in an assimilated place; 2° The length of the sentence remaining to be served is less than s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-31

Recognition and enforcement on French territory of a conviction handed down by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 728-32 and 728-33. The decisi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Processing of personal data

Article R7343-7

The service providers to whom the files constituted from the data mentioned in Article R. 7343-3 are sent shall destroy these files at the end of a period of one month after the close of the poll. The…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for house arrest to enforce a removal order

Article L732-7

Foreign nationals placed under house arrest pursuant to article L. 731-1 shall be provided with information on how to exercise their rights, the obligations incumbent upon them and, where applicable,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-7

…tual period of work for the purposes of determining the period of paid leave as well as with regard to all rights arising from seniority. Moreover, no change may be made to the duration or hours of wo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area

Article R2344-7

The purchaser shall verify the right of economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area who have not been excluded pursuant to the last paragraph of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-7

…eclaration provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6221-4shall be sent by the medical biology laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the Euro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-7

In order to implement the agreements they have concluded with a hospital and university centre in application of article L. 6142-5, private health establishments of collective interest may, by way of…

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