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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-1

Where a medicinal product is authorised in another Member State of the European Union or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, but is not the subject in France of either the ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-5

Each year, insurance companies offering life insurance policies with benefits linked to the cessation of professional activity inform policyholders who have exceeded the settlement date of their pensi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L3121-9-1

The chairman may decide that the meeting of the departmental council is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the departmental council is held by videoconference, the qu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-7

The articles of association may provide for retailer cooperative societies to be associated under the conditions set out in l'article 3 bis de la loi du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopérat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-7

Until the management lease contract is published, the lessor of the business is jointly and severally liable with the managing lessee for any debts contracted by the latter in connection with the oper…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.

Article L127-7

The procedures for publicising business project support contracts for the creation or takeover of an economic activity and the other measures for applying this chapter are set by decree in the Conseil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-7

In the event of judicial or amicable resolution of the sale, the seller is obliged to repossess all the elements of the business that formed part of the sale, even those for which his lien and resolut…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article L521-7

In setting the damages, the court shall take into account separately: 1° The negative economic consequences of the infringement, including the loss of profit and loss suffered by the injured party; 2°…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: General provisions

Article LO1112-7

The project submitted to a local referendum is adopted if at least half of the registered voters have taken part in the ballot and if it obtains a majority of the votes cast. The text adopted by refer…

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