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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15

…al procedure, impose a sanction on the following persons:a) The persons referred to in 1° to 8° and 10° bis to 22° of II of Article L. 621-9, for any breach of their professional obligations as define…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article Annexe article A43-6

…stupéfiants prévus par l'article R. 235-4 du même code : -which are carried out between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.; C 1.5 -which is carried out between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.; C 1.5 10,67 € This allowance is €18…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

…ts without the owner's authorisation, with the exception of the taking of a volume of between 5 and 10 litres when this is done by a grazing concession holder or his agent on the conceded land; the fi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-2

I.-Shares may be allocated, under the same conditions as those mentioned in Article L. 225-197-1 :

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-5

…based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed in Article L. 711-2, in points 1 to 5, 9 and 10 of the I of Article L. 711-3, in point III of the same Article and in Articles L. 715-4 and L. 71…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 X

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: Residence permits on humanitarian grounds

Article R425-1

…an beings or pimping provided for and punishable under articles 225-4-1 to 225-4-6 and 225-5 to 225-10 of the Criminal Code, is likely to lodge a complaint against the perpetrators of this offence or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2311-1

…d out, for communes of 3,500 inhabitants or more, at the level of the function and, for communes of 10,000 inhabitants or more, at the finest level of the nomenclature by function.For the budget, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-15

…ff meet the conditions of professional competence set out in articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 and applicable to itself, before carrying out any intermediation activity. Staff are defined as t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-4

…t of turnover, the higher bracket shall be used. 3° Where the debtor's balance sheet total exceeds €10,000,000, this fee is a fixed amount of €9,405, regardless of the number of employees or the amoun…

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