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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2

…ill result in the application of the procedure set out in articles L. 612-39 , L. 612-40 and L. 621-15.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1770 undecies

…een unaware that they had the characteristics mentioned in the same paragraph.This fine is equal to 15% of the turnover from the marketing of these software or cash register systems or the services pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-17

…departmental council president is at most equal to the reference term mentioned in article L. 3123-15, increased by 45%. It may be increased by 40%, provided that the total amount of the maximum allo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of regional mandates.

Article L4135-17

…s of Regional Council President is at most equal to the reference term mentioned in article L. 4135-15 increased by 45%. It may be increased by 40%, provided that the total amount of the maximum allow…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior formalities

Article R2-6

…istry of judicial proceedings known as "Cassiopée" provided for by Article 48-1 and the articles R. 15-33-66-4 et seq, the magistrates who are members of the committee provided for in Article 262, as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-19

…paragraphs of article R. 24-14 and if the condition set out in the first paragraph of Article R. 24-15 is always completed, without its total duration exceeding two years. When the person referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.

Article R214-166

…regime set out in the decree of 28 June 1930 relating to the conditions for application of article 15 of the finance law of 16 April 1930 until the date of approval of the simple management plan. Lan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of national police judicial police officers

Article A21

…y:1° Copies for which an eliminatory mark is proposed, under the conditions laid down in article A. 15 of this code. These copies are marked a second time by a member appointed by the chair of the jur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of health monitoring and health safety in the regions

Article R1413-59

…d adverse events, as referred to in article L. 1413-14; 3° Reports made pursuant to Article L. 1413-15.The structures mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 1413-62 shall also forward to the D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R5471-1

…ntioned in articles R. 5461-4 and R. 5462-4. II - The amount of the penalty imposed may not exceed €15,000 for a natural person and 5% of the turnover for the last financial year for which the account…

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