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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-3

Obtaining or attempting to obtain blood from a person in return for payment, in any form whatsoever, is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.Providing or attempting to pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-5-1

Selling, reselling or using a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 or a category of devices without complying with the conditions laid down pursuant to the provisions of 3° of A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-6-2

Selling, reselling or using a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 or a category of devices without complying with the conditions laid down pursuant to the provisions of 3° of A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-14

Air from a room with specific pollution can only be recycled if it is effectively purified. After recycling, it may only be sent to other rooms if the pollution of all the rooms concerned is of the sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-5

I. - The holder of an SME innovation account defined in article L. 221-32-4 may deposit in this account units or shares in a company subject to corporation tax that it has acquired or subscribed to ou…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 621-8

…ablished in France must amount to a minimum of:1° For cinematographic works: €1,000,000;2° For audiovisual works in the fiction genre: €300,000;3° For audiovisual works in the creative documentary gen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Offences relating to securities issued by joint stock companies

Article L245-4

If the chairman and directors, general managers, members of the management board and supervisory board of a public limited company or the managers of a limited partnership with shares hold, directly o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-3

Any manufacturer, importer or distributor of active substances as defined by Article L. 5138-2 who carries out his activity without having been authorised to do so by the Agence nationale de sécurité…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-11

The order issued pursuant to article L. 444-3 may provide for an increase in the fees relating to services that it determines, without this increase exceeding €150 or, if the amount of the fee exceeds…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article D221-113-1

…signed between the subscriber and one of the bodies mentioned in article L. 221-32-1 when a share savings plan is opened to finance small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-sized enterprises. This c…

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