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Showing 20512060 of 34507 articles for Art. 7 May 1998

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-7

…vided for in I ; 2° Distribution by private networks supplied by a public distribution network that may present a risk to public health; III -The use of water for human consumption for the use of a fa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-7

…ppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 23 September 1971, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person who has b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-7

…ng system provided for in article L. 162-32 of the Social Security Code.The health insurance bodies may also, by agreement, contribute from their health and social action funds to other medico-social…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-7

…standard equity capital charge to cover the risk arising from changes in the level of share prices may not result in the application of an equity capital charge which is more than ten percentage poin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article R131-7

…second president is appointed under the same conditions.Panels of judges other than the Grand Panel may be presided over by the presidents of sections or chambers.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.

Article R210-7

…f Article L. 210-6, until the company is registered in the Trade and Companies Register.The meeting may also give a mandate to one or more of the persons appointed as the first members of the Board of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-75

…e months of the date of receipt of the referral, the Director General of the regional health agency may take a decision. A copy of the decision to authorise or the reasoned decision to refuse is sent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article R112-7

…ain a copy of the recording; c) that if they do not wish to be recorded, the telephone conversation may not continue and that the distributor is obliged to end it immediately; 2° Distributors shall in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-7

…lture mentioned in III of article L. 631-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. The distributor may ask the manufacturer to appoint an independent third party to certify, within fifteen days, the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-7

…mount of the life annuity which would be paid to the member in respect of rights expressed in euros may be presented separately from the estimate established on the basis of rights expressed in units…

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