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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L930-1

…29-15, L. 238-6, L. 244-5 and L. 252-1 à L. 252-13; 3° Book III, with the exception of articles L. 310-4, L. 321-1 to L. 321-38, L. 322-7 and L. 322-10 ; 4° Book IV, with the exception of Articles L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article R511-2-1-2

…eed a ceiling equal to the smaller of the following two amounts: a) 50% of the net cash position or 10% of this amount calculated on a consolidated basis at the level of the group of companies to whic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 207

…a legitimate reason, refuse to give evidence or take the oath may be fined a civil penalty of up to 10,000 euros. Witnesses who prove that they were unable to attend on the date set may be relieved of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee advisor.

Article L1232-12

…dvisors on which the employee advisor is registered.The provisions of articles L. 2145-5 to L. 2145-10 and L. 2145-12, relating to economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave, are a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-18

When a company referred to in article L. 160-10 or a société civile de placement immobilier (non-trading real estate investment company) adopts the system for variable-capital real estate investment c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-13

…nyone who has knowingly infringed one of the prohibitions laid down in articles L. 612-9 and L. 612-10 is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros. If the infringement has been detrimental to national defe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Small modifications

Article R3135-8

…ndment is less than the European threshold set out in the notice annexed to this code and less than 10% of the amount of the initial concession contract, without it being necessary to check whether th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article R351-4

…in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REWORD R. 314-1 to R. 314-10 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1766

…le 1649 AA are punishable by a fine of €1,500 per undeclared contract. This amount is increased to €10,000 per undeclared contract where the obligation to declare relates to a State or territory that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional representation

Article L7111-7

…rade union organisation that satisfies the criteria of Article L. 2121-1 and that received at least 10% of the votes cast in the first round of the most recent elections of full members of the social…

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