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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-3

The order made pursuant to article 705-2 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-2

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for the offences referred to in Article 705, request the investigating judge initially seised to relinquish jurisdiction in favo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-4

The public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal leads and coordinates, in consultation with the other public prosecutors, the conduct of public action policy for the application of Article 705.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-5

The court seised pursuant to this chapter shall retain jurisdiction irrespective of the charges retained in the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of Articles 181 and 469.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article R211-7

…e must be taken out for an unlimited sum in respect of personal injury and for a sum at least equal to that set by order of the Minister for the Economy, which may not be less than €1 million, per cla…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R151-7

I.-The investor is exempt from the authorisation requirement set out in this chapter: 1° Where the investment is made between entities all belonging to the same group, i.e. more than 50% of the capita…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authority cultural services

Article D1421-7

…r of ownership free of charge of movable objects resulting from a preventive archaeology excavation to a territorial authority or group of authorities on whose territory the objects were discovered ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions

Article R4226-7

Electrical installations and the electrical equipment they contain are monitored and serviced at the appropriate times.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Disabled workers

Article R4225-7

Appropriate sanitary facilities are provided for disabled workers.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Exclusions at the discretion of the licensing authority

Article L3123-7

…ure for awarding a concession contract those persons who, during the previous three years, have had to pay damages, have been sanctioned by termination or have been subject to a comparable sanction as…

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