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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-7

The members of a banque populaire may not, under any circumstances, at any time and in any form whatsoever, receive in repayment of their contribution a sum in excess of the paid-up portion of the sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article R711-72

The election of the officers takes place in the first and second rounds by an absolute majority of the members in office. In the third round, a relative majority is sufficient. In the event of a tie,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R2322-7

Approval given to the person in charge of medical management may be withdrawn by reasoned decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency if the conditions for approval are no longer me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-73

Entitlement to the allowance for self-employed workers begins when the self-employed activity ends, which must be within a period of 12 months prior to the day before registration as a jobseeker or, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-7

Doctors or medical teams inform the hospital medical boards, medical conferences or medical commissions of their involvement in the accreditation procedure and of the outcome of this application. Befo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-7

The recipient cannot know the identity of the donor, nor can the donor know the identity of the recipient. No information that could identify both the donor and the recipient may be divulged. This pri…

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

Article 728-66

The convicted person may not be placed in detention or under house arrest with electronic monitoring pursuant to article 142-5 only if the remaining sentence to be served is two years or more, except…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-7

The Minister responsible for the economy shall set the conditions under which investment firms and credit and investment institutions as defined in article L. 516-1 may carry on, on a professional bas…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Decisions that may be taken during the period of voluntary departure

Article R721-7

When the administrative authority requires the foreign national to surrender his or her passport or any identity or travel document in his or her possession, pursuant to article L. 721-8, it shall in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of activity as a live performance entrepreneur

Article L7122-7

The competent administrative authority may object to the continuation of the activity and terminate the validity of the declaration in the event of failure to comply with the employer's obligations un…

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