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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-28

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 232-26 shall incur, in addition to the fine se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-28

Any financial institution having its registered office in France and wishing to set up a branch in another Member State in order to offer free banking services shall notify its project to the Autorité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Authorisation for credit institutions and investment firms to bid directly on behalf of their clients at auctions of greenhouse gas emission allowances

Article L613-70

The authorisation provided for in Article 18(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, management and other aspects of the auctioning of greenhouse gas emission…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L336-1

Article 39 sexies of the French General Tax Code sets out the procedures for taking into account the financial support provided by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNCCA) to cinema…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Criminal provisions

Article L1142-26

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1142-25 shall incur, in addition to the fine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning companies not subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-56

When the administrative authority detects a procedural irregularity in the course of the checks it carries out, it sends the employer a notice specifying the nature of the irregularity found. At the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8-1

I. - Article L. 225-8 is not applicable, upon the decision of the founders, when the contribution in kind consists of: 1° Transferable securities giving access to the capital mentioned in Article L. 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-30

I.-Affected parties are: 1° Creditors whose rights are directly affected by the draft plan; 2° The members of the extraordinary general meeting or the shareholders' meeting, the special meetings refer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-4

When the administrative authority is aware of an official report of an infringement provided for in 1° to 4° of article L. 8211-1, it may, if the proportion of employees concerned so warrants, having…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Equity securities

Article L743-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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