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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-12

…The closure of a pharmaceutical establishment of the companies and organisations mentioned in 4° to 15° of R. 5124-2 gives rise to information from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Age requirements

Article R6222-1-1

…cludes periods of on-the-job training, which are governed by articles D. 331-3, D. 331-4 and D. 331-15 of the Education Code and R. 715-1 and R. 715-1-5 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 F

I.-Real estate properties located in a dynamic urban area defined in II of Article 44 sexdecies are exempt from property tax on built-up properties. The exemption applies to buildings attached to an e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-5

…provisions of the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 236-9 and articles L. 236-14 and L. 236-15 are applicable in the event of the formation of a European holding company.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

Article L362-1

…to an administrative fine not exceeding the following amounts: 1° €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person, in the case of breaches of Article 5(d)(3) and (8) of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-4

…for in Article L. 4532-16. A repeat offence is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. The court may also impose the penalties provided for in article L. 4741-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-6

…of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products, shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for: 1° Placing a cosmetic product on the market, whether free of charge or against pay…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-48

…e amount of revenue generated by feature films is greater than €307,500 and less than or equal to €615,000;- 133.54% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is greater than €615,000 and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-46

…07% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €307,500 and less than or equal to €615,000;- 227.30% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €615,000 and less than or…

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