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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-7

Each local committee comprises six members with voting rights:1° A chairman and a vice-chairman, chosen from serving or honorary members of the administrative courts or financial courts;2° Two represe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 771-1

…7 April 2019, the national criminal records department is competent to query, supply and update the centralised European data processing system known as "ECRIS-TCN", which enables the central authorit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-7

…of the other companies participating in the transaction, by any means against acknowledgement of receipt. The latter shall inform their shareholders in the manner provided for in the first paragraph.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Issuing and enforcing financial penalties pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 24 February 2005

Article D48-7

Financial penalties imposed by: 1° A court of the issuing State in respect of a criminal offence under the law of that State; 2° An authority of the issuing State other than a court in respect of a cr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-7

…Minister for Health set out the following for each of these State diplomas: 1° The conditions of access to training ; 2° The training curriculum: duration of studies, teaching methods, content of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7

Within the Hospices civils de Lyon and the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille, the institutional medical commission may delegate to a local institutional medical commission some of its consulta…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-7

In the event of conviction for the offences punishable under 1° of article L. 451-2, the court may also order:

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibition on entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place

Article R332-7

For the application of article L. 332-16, the prefect of the département or, in Paris, the police prefect or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, the Bouches-du-Rhône police prefect provides the a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Consular higher education establishments

Article R711-79

…ion of the establishment's teaching staff;3° The principles governing the terms and conditions of access to the establishment;4° The definition of the establishment's activities and, where applicable,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-71

…er of the General Tax Code, the declared turnover or revenue is taken into account, less the allowances mentioned in the same articles. In the case of self-employed persons subject to the tax regime d…

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