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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-63

…according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 1.548% From €6,500 to €17,000 0.851% From €17,000 to €30,000 0.580% Over €30,000 0.426%When the notary draws up a declarati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 754

…t in Article 712-6. To this end, this magistrate may issue the warrants provided for in article 712-17. The decision of the sentence enforcement judge, which is provisionally enforceable, may be appea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-19

…Article L. 561-2, their managers and agents or that of the authorities mentioned in Article L. 561-17 and when the judicial investigation reveals that they may be involved in the money laundering or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-20

…isions of articles 141-3 et D. 32-21. In the event of a breach of the obligations set out in 9° and 17° of Article 138, the provisions of Article 141-4 shall apply, as well as those of the second para…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R2123-22-3

…the Labour Code (1) or who may claim the benefit of the provisions of Articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-17 of the same code (2), or who may claim the benefit of article L. 241-3 of the code de l'action so…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Enforcement of the judgment, compensation for damages and forced execution

Article R623-19

…it set by the judge pursuant to article L. 623-8 and under the conditions set out in article R. 623-17, are no longer eligible to claim compensation under the group action and are not represented by t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-25

…ve its decision, with the parties heard or summoned, under the conditions set out in articles R. 50-17 et seq.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Management of property and maintenance of prisoners

Article D330

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 332-17 du code pénitentiaire, tout versement effectué à l'extérieur sur la part disponible du compte nominatif d'une personne placée en détention pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21-1

A director may become an employee of a public limited company on whose board he sits if, at the close of a financial year, that company does not exceed the thresholds defining small and medium-sized e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article L422-4

A foreign national who has been admitted to reside in another Member State of the European Union and enrolled in a mobility programme in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliam…

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