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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L785-8

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-15 with the exception of the 9th paragraph of c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-54

…s in the situations and under the conditions provided for in Article L. 631-7, II of Article L. 631-15, I of Article L. 631-19 andArticle L. 631-22 of the French Commercial Code; 3° During compulsory…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 732-1

…he regional secure detention court may, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 706-53-15, decide to extend all or part of the obligations to which the person is subject, beyond the perio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-20

…pecifying, in particular, the date of the first session of the jury. If no reply is received within 15 days, or if the representatives are unable to attend, and if the list proposed is exhausted, it a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article R321-1

…ected objects are subject to the provisions of article R. 321-5, 1° to 8° and 10° of Article R. 321-15 and article R. 321-16, as well as the provisions of articles R. 321-26, R. 321-27, R. 321-30 to R…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1791

…irect or indirect product of the offence.II. - The fine provided for in I is replaced by a fine of €15 to €30 for breaches of the provisions of Article 290 quater.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12

The costs that must be borne by the employer pursuant to article L. 224-15 are : 1° Where the collective company pension savings plan gives rise to the opening of a securities account: recurring charg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-1-1

…e Criminal Code, as well as by 1°, 2° and 3° of I of Article 464-2, Article 474 and the article 723-15 of this code shall be assessed taking into account, where appropriate, of: 1° The total or partia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-5

In article R. 711-15 : a) In the first paragraph, after the words "members of the bureau", the words "elected in respect of the college representing activities in the industry, commerce and services s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-17

…ail temporaire d'insertion may enter into open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-10-15 up to 20% of the number of full-time jobs for integration set out in the agreement. By way of der…

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