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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-76

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the executive director(s) and the remuneration of the members of the supervisory board are determined in…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency

Article D47-12-7

…al procedure, the judicial courts and assize courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined in this table, offences falling into the categories mentioned in a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-7

The seats are allocated to the professional employers' organisations mentioned in 2° of article L. 23-112-1 in proportion to the results obtained in application of article R. 23-112-6 according to the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7-1

…hôpitaux de Paris Institutional Medical Commission may delegate all or some of the following powers to the local Institutional Medical Commission of a group of hospitals or of a hospital, in order to…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-7

Persons who are refugees, stateless persons or beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and French nationals who have returned to France at the request of the French authorities an…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 722-7

The total amount of financial aid awarded for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad may not exceed 50% of the expenditure incurred by the company in this respect.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 721-7

The management of foreign exploitation rights for cinematographic works, in particular the signing of sales contracts and the collection of the corresponding royalties, is carried out by corporate off…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-7

When the letting of premises for commercial use as furnished tourist accommodation involves a change of use or sub-destination subject to planning permission pursuant to c of the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-7-1

…confiscated for the benefit of the injured party. The court may also order any appropriate measure to publicise the judgment, in particular its display or publication in full or in extracts in newspa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 717-1 A

Within one year of their final conviction, persons sentenced to a term of criminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-53-13 is placed, for a perio…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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