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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article R336-7

…ommitments to policyholders and reinsured undertakings under deteriorated market conditions. The procedures for this test are set by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Calculation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-11

…ntation in cinemas, making available to the public on subscription on-demand audiovisual media services and festival selection of the cinematographic works mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 6° of article 72…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Work placement periods.

Article L5135-7

No work experience agreement may be concluded to carry out a regular task corresponding to a permanent job, to deal with a temporary increase in the activity of the host structure, to fill a seasonal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-7

When the organisation of the ski lift service is provided by a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation and, with the agreement of the communes concerned, this establishment institutes and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RESTRICTED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Article R754-7

…n the foreign national submits his or her asylum application to the custodial authority, in accordance with Article R. 754-6, the custodial authority shall immediately inform the prefect who ordered t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-7

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify, where necessary:1° The rules of procedure applicable in the event of the penalty provided for in articles L. 5145-3 to L. 5145-5, as well as the methods fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-7

The agency's resources are made up of : 1° Subsidies from public authorities, their public bodies, the European Union or international organisations; 2° Proceeds from taxes and payments made on its be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Calculation in respect of availability on subscription on-demand audiovisual media services

Article 721-15

…1-6 being made available to the public on one or more subscription on-demand audiovisual media services accessible in at least two foreign countries during the calendar year preceding that in which th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-71

…osis of the causes of the actual or foreseeable failure of the person in question and the circumstances giving rise to its difficulties;2° A description of the measures planned to restore the long-ter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-7

The Agency's resources include :1° Subsidies from the European Union or international organisations;2° A contribution from compulsory health insurance schemes, paid and distributed in accordance with…

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