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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-78

The variable part of the total remuneration of the persons referred to in Article L. 511-71 may not exceed the amount of the fixed part of this remuneration.By decision of the competent general meetin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-136

When the investigating chamber or a trial court hands down a judgment or ruling declaring a person not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder, it may order the following security measure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-7

Subject to the provisions of article L. 6145-12, unclaimed items are handed over, one year after the departure or death of their holder, to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in the case of sums o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-7

The regional plan for spatial planning, sustainable development and territorial equality is adopted by decision of the regional council within three years of the general renewal of the regional counci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-7

The Government, acting by means of a decree in the Council of State, authorises, on the basis of the fourth paragraph of Article 72 of the Constitution, local and regional authorities to derogate, on…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Freedom of dissemination

Article L333-7

The transfer of the right to exploit a sporting event or competition to an electronic public communication service may not prevent other electronic public communication services from informing the pub…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 757-1

If, in the absence of children or descendants, the deceased leaves his father and mother, the surviving spouse receives half of the property. The other half devolves one quarter to the father and one…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 758-1

Where the spouse has the choice of ownership or usufruct, his or her rights are non-transferable until he or she has exercised his or her option.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-7

Fixed assets transferred to a third party that is not one of the local authorities or establishments benefiting from the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund do not give rise to an allocation from the fu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 717-1-1

…forcement judge gives his opinion, except in emergencies, on the transfer of convicts from one establishment to another.

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