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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-6

…a fine of €7,500: 1° Failing to comply with a formal notice issued pursuant to Article L. 1333-31 ; 2° Failing to communicate, in application of article L. 1333-16 , the information required to update…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines.

Article R2334-10

…car parks and the communes with a population of 10,000 or more that are not part of these groupings;2° Public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status with a population…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterparts to financial aid

Article 121-2

…ending on the genre to which these works belong, any similar documents or documents serving as such;2° In return for financial aid for the modernisation of technical industries and technological innov…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Ship captains, aircraft commanders.

Article 393

1. Masters of ships, boats and aircraft are deemed to be responsible for omissions and inaccuracies in the manifests and, in general, for offences committed on board their vessel. 2. However, the pena…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-26-13

…ployment contract with an employer other than those mentioned in articles L. 5132-4 and L. 5213-13; 2° A document specifying the employment support measures that it plans to implement during the derog…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Other security measures

Article D47-32

When it issues a prohibition pursuant to the provisions of Article 706-136, the investigating chamber or the trial court may order, either in its decision or in a subsequent decision, that the declara…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition and organisation

Article D821-6

…ollege made up of consumer defence associations with the approval provided for in article L. 811-1; 2° A college comprising the most representative professional organisations of industrial, commercial…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L774-14

…1° In the second paragraph of article L. 518-15-1, the reference to article L. 613-20-2 is deleted; 2° The first paragraph of article L. 518-24 reads as follows: "Sums deposited with the Caisse des Dé…

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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 L533-4-8

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require Class 2 investment firms and the firms referred to in Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 to publish, more than once a year, wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-165

…act is concluded in the form of, depending on the case : 1° In the case of an employer mentioned in 2° or 3° of Article L. 5134-111, a fixed-term employment support contract of at least twelve months…

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