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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 710-1

…convictions have become final, his/her request is brought before the Criminal Court, whose decision may be appealed before the Criminal Appeals Chamber. The criminal court or courts that handed down t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisional arrest.

Article 728-67

…sts for imprisonment or house arrest with electronic surveillance, he decides not to grant them, he may subject the person to one or more of the obligations provided for in Article 138.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article L424-7

…that the facility meets the operating conditions set by decree. The Autorité des marchés financiers may terminate the registration of a multilateral trading facility as a growth market for small and m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-75

…e issued on the report of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture may authorise one or more of the companies governed by this section, once their available resources…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-7

The president of the commercial court may hear, concurrently with the enforcement judge, where they are intended to preserve a claim falling within the jurisdiction of the commercial court and are req…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The regional economic, social and environmental council

Article L4134-7

…maximum allowances set for members of the regional council by the articles L. 4135-16 and L. 4135-17. This allowance is modulated according to members' attendance at meetings of the Board or its form…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-11

…decision or probation decision and the original or a copy of the certificate referred to in Article 764-6. He shall also send that authority a translation of the certificate either into the official l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-7

…l rights ceiling determined by decree have been paid in application of these articles. This ceiling may not be exceeded as a result of this additional distribution. The sums which, due to the rules de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Amount of remuneration.

Article L6341-7

…orkers receive remuneration, the minimum amount of which is determined by decree. This remuneration may be combined with remuneration received in respect of an employed or self-employed activity, subj…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-73

…or new establishment notifies the new registration or the conversion provided for in article R. 123-72, within fifteen days of the latter, to the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1 and to the r…

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