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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-7

…cs provided for in article L. 4322-14. It helps to promote public health and the quality of care.It may organise any mutual aid scheme for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries. It may be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Investment for the preparation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-72

…rior authorisation.Failing this, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may decide, depending on the progress of the project and the proof of expenditure provided by the pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L251-7

The economic interest group may issue bonds, under the general conditions for the issue of such securities by companies, if it is itself composed exclusively of companies which satisfy the conditions…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article R821-7

…rovided for in Article L.821-12.The transport undertaking will be invited to submit any comments it may have within one month of this notification.The file will be made available to it during this per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 762-5

The sentence enforcement judge may also decide to provisionally suspend the execution of the residence ban measure in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-6. In urgent cases, provisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Rent.

Article R145-7

…to all the elements mentioned in articles R. 145-3 to R. 145-6. In the absence of equivalence, they may, by way of indication, be used to determine the base prices, unless they are corrected in consid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-72

…This sum is in addition to the subsidy earmarked for social and cultural activities. The committee may decide, by deliberation, to devote part of its operating budget to financing training for local…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article D6271-7

…he services of the representative of the State in the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy.The chairman may invite to attend a meeting, in an advisory capacity, any person whose presence he deems useful.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article D6371-7

…by the services of the representative of the State in the collectivity of Saint-Martin.The chairman may invite to attend a meeting, in an advisory capacity, any person whose presence he deems useful.T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person in respect of whom there are one or more plausible grounds for suspecting that :-…

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