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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to providers of participative financing services

Article L573-13

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences mentioned in article L. 573-12 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes and penalties.

Article L3326-1

…es relating to the amount of wages and the calculation of added value provided for in 4° of Article L. 3324-1 are settled by the procedures stipulated by the profit-sharing agreements. Failing this, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-11

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 5441-8 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Posting of the decision and its dissemination, under the conditions s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employment of foreign nationals not authorised to work.

Article L8271-19

…logy, files and freedoms. For the same reasons, the labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 and similar officials, individually designated and duly authorised, may have access to aut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-10

…mit their observations. The procedure applicable is that set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 463-2 and in Articles L. 463-4, L. 463-6 and L. 463-7. Before taking a decision, the Autorité de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to off-premises contracts

Article L221-10

…the administrative authority, the purpose of which is to provide the services mentioned in article L. 7231-1 du code du travail; 3° Contracts concluded during meetings organised by the vendor at his…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-1-1

The Minister responsible for the economy shall lay down rules for payment institutions, in particular concerning : 1° The amount of capital of payment institutions ; 2° The terms and conditions under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-10

…e days after the date of issue of the invoice. II.-The terms of payment referred to in I of article L. 441-1 specify the conditions of application and the interest rate for late payment penalties paya…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16

…ee, the unobserved period means the period of grace provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 612-19 and restoration shall only be granted by the Director General of the National Institute of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-14

The penalties provided for in Articles L. 654-3 to L. 654-5 the fact, for the persons mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 654-1, in bad faith, with a view to evading all or part of their assets from…

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