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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-1

The application to open safeguard proceedings is filed by the legal representative of the legal entity or by the individual debtor at the registry of the competent court. It sets out the nature of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

I.-The Agence nationale pour l'amélioration des conditions de travail is administered by a Board of Directors and managed by a Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors comprises : 1° Eleven emp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…receded; 10° A stadium ban imposed in application of the provisions of articles L. 332-11 to L. 332-15 of the Sports Code; 11° A ban on appearing in certain places or meeting certain persons issued pu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-11

…within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, traded on trading platforms; 2° In commodity derivatives within the meaning of Regulati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-26

…sembly adopts, before 31 March of the year in which the public establishment is wound up, or before 15 April of the year in which the deliberative bodies are renewed, a budget for the winding-up finan…

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

Article 217 undecies

I. - Companies subject to corporation tax with sales of less than 20 million euros in their last financial year may deduct from their taxable income a sum equal to the amount, excluding tax and exclud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 392-1

…nt, on the application of the public prosecutor, order the civil party to pay a civil fine of up to 15,000 euros if it considers that the direct summons was abusive or dilatory. The public prosecutor'…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

…or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.By way of derogation from the first paragraph, on an experimental basis and for a perio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-9

…vision pursuant to Article L. 356-2 do not comply with the requirements laid down in Article L. 356-15, or where these requirements are complied with but solvency may nevertheless be jeopardised, or w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…an establishment comprising at least one classified facility on the list provided for inArticle L. 515-36 of the Environment Code or mentioned in Article L. 211-2 of the Mining Code;9° Member of a joi…

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