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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-16

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Administrative composition

Article L621-14-1

…spection report drawn up by the AMF reveals breaches by a person referred to in 9° of II of Article L. 621-9, in II of Article L. 621-15, except in the case of breaches referred to in f of II of the s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2541-1

…nes of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, with the exception of those of articles L. 2121-1, L. 2121-9, L. 2121-10, L. 2121-11, L. 2121-15, the second paragraph of article L. 2121-17…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-20

The agents mentioned in 1° to 6° and in the dernier tiret du dernier alinéa du I de l'article L. 205-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime ainsi que les agents assermentés de l'Etat chargés du contr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-2

…ity of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation," are deleted; 2° In Article L. 711-2, the words: "or of one of the States listed in the first paragraph and of which he alone ha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-20

…nditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 312-14, L. 312-15, L. 312-16, L. 332-8, L. 332-9 and L. 332-10, in the second paragraph of articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Snowball sales and services

Article L132-19

…of carrying out a "snowball" sale or service or any similar process defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 121-15 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-2

…es. It adopts, under the same conditions, the federal performance projects defined in 3° of article L. 131-15. A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the conditions for application of this article.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-8

…ct with equivalent professional qualifications and performing the same duties, in breach of article L. 1242-15, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L628-2

…onciliation and, where applicable, to the ad hoc mandate, notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 611-15. The opening of proceedings is examined by the court. The initiation of proceedings is exa…

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