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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee information.

Article L3341-7

…efined-benefit pension scheme meeting the characteristics of the schemes mentioned in articles L. 137-11 and L. 137-11-2 of the French Social Security Code or a supplementary pension scheme whose cont…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-7

I-The theoretical maximum use of a swimming pool, corresponding to the capacity of the pool enclosure, is three people per 2 square metres of open-air water and one person per square metre of covered…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rules and procedures

Article R2225-7

…uarantee the permanence and volume of their supply;4° Any measures required for their management;5° Maintenance actions intended to preserve the operational capacities of the fire water points.II. - B…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-7

For municipalities and their public administrative establishments that have opted to vote their budget by function, the budget items correspond:a) Investment section:- for operations that can be broke…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-7

I.-When, pursuant to 6° of Article L. 824-5, the general rapporteur or an investigator calls upon one or more experts, his decision shall define the subject of the expert appraisal, set the timeframe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-73

In accordance with the conditions set out in the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, a property investment fund is set up by a portfolio management company responsible for its…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Public contracts awarded by a contracting entity to an affiliated undertaking

Article L2511-7

The rules defined in Title II apply to public contracts which, on the one hand, are concluded by a contracting entity with an affiliated undertaking or by a body formed exclusively by several contract…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Payment of damages and interest on confiscated property

Article 706-164

…r the harm he has suffered as a result of a criminal offence as well as costs pursuant to articles 375 or 475-1 and who has not obtained compensation or reparation under articles 706-3 or 706-14, or r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section X: Special provisions applicable to mining-related property damage

Article R421-75

…account. II. - For properties subject to a clause mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article 75-2 of the Mining Code, validly inserted in a real estate transfer contract concluded prior to 17 J…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-7

…he results of the skills test as an appendix are deleted; 3° For the application of Article D. 314-27 : a) The words: "in particular under Articles L. 312-18 to L. 312-27; L. 312-50 to L. 312-54 and L…

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