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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R3313-7

The statements appended to the budget documents pursuant to article L. 3312-2 are as follows: I. - Statements appended to the budget and the administrative account : 1° Tables summarising the statemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-7

…3, the list of services, establishments or organisations benefiting from the authorisation referred to in the same III; 4° Determines the conditions for the designation and authorisation of persons au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-7

Selling blood or labile blood-derived products at a price different from that set by the order issued for the application of article L. 1221-9 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 7,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional health plan

Article R1434-7

…e L. 6122-1 and the provision of medico-social establishments and services. These objectives take into account the activities and equipment mentioned in the decree provided for in II of article L. 614…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Litigation procedure

Article L251-7

Decisions imposing an obligation to leave French territory and bans on movement within French territory taken pursuant to this chapter may be challenged before the administrative court under the condi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Travel authorisations

Article L312-7

A travel authorisation is required for visa-exempt foreign nationals under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 establ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-98

…ed agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling within the provisions of article 226-3 of the Penal Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-96

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording words spoken by one or more persons in a private or con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-97

The decision authorising use of the device referred to in Article 706-96 includes all the information needed to identify the vehicles or private or public places targeted, the offence for which the me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-7

Intermediary associations are state-approved associations whose purpose is to employ unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, with a view to facilitating their i…

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