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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM SUBMITTED IN RESPECT

Article L754-7

The detention is terminated if the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons considers that it cannot examine the application under the accelerated procedure mentioned in arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-7

The tax is based on the amount excluding value added tax:1° For television service publishers, in respect of each of the television services published and their related activities:a) The sums paid by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

Financial securities admitted to the operations of a central depository may be registered in a securities account held by an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3, unless the issuer decides oth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-7

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 3323-2, L. 3323-4 to L. 3323-6, relating to the advertising of alcoholic beverages, are punishable by a fine of 75,000 euros. The maximum fine may be inc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-7

The region, metropolitan areas and the metropolis of Lyon may pay grants to the organisations mentioned in 4 of article 238 bis of the General Tax Code whose sole purpose is to participate in the crea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-7

Any transfer of powers from the State to a local authority entails an obligation for the latter to continue, in accordance with procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, to compile statistic…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7

One third of the Agency's College is renewed every two years. In the event of a vacancy, the gender of the replacement is determined so as to reduce, as far as possible, the difference between the tot…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General safety obligation

Article L421-7

In cases other than those mentioned in articles L. 421-5 and L. 421-6, the compliance of a product with the general safety obligation is assessed by taking into account the following elements in parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Minutes.

Article L8113-7

The Labour Inspectorate control officers mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 and assimilated control officers record infringements in official reports, which are valid until proven otherwise. These reports…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-7

The employer temporarily posting employees on national territory, or his representative referred to in II of Article L. 1262-2-1, shall present to the Labour Inspectorate, at the place where the servi…

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