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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

…ncerned, subject to a limit of €100,000 for a legal entity for the breaches mentioned in 3°, 4° and 5° of article R. 5461-4. IV. - The amount of the penalty imposed may not exceed €150,000 for a natur…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 878

…rt of the succession. The preferential right gives rise to a special legal mortgage provided for in 5° of article 2402 and is subject to registration in accordance with article 2418.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Criminal provisions.

Article L5429-1

Unless it is an offence of fraud as defined and punished in article 313-1, 5° of article 313-2 and article 313-3 of the French Penal Code, fraudulently obtaining or attempting to obtain benefits to as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation.

Article L1271-1

…ns or persons mentioned in the first two paragraphs of article L. 2324-1 of the Public Health Code; 5° Services provided by organisations or persons organising a reception without accommodation as pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L743-11

…those relating to Crédit Mutuel special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009 are deleted;5° In Article L. 221-29, the words: Section 1 of Chapter V of Title I of Book III are replaced by th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L742-11

…those relating to Crédit Mutuel special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009 are deleted;5° In Article L. 221-29, the words: Section 1 of Chapter V of Title I of Book III are replaced by th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-3

I. - Articles R. 5211-3 to D. 5211-5-2 are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-258 of 9 March 2021 subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V.II. - F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Membership of company boards of directors or supervisory boards

Article L2312-75

In sociétés anonymes and sociétés en commandite par actions in which the board of directors or supervisory board includes at least one director or one member elected or appointed by the employees unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Monetary signs

Article L721-1

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion Island, and the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the monetary signs that are legal tender and i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable to self-employed workers.

Article L4535-1

…king on the site as well as themselves, the general principles of prevention set out in 1°, 2°, 3°, 5° and 6° of article L. 4121-2 as well as the provisions of articles L. 4111-6, L. 4311-1, L. 4321-1…

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