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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Direct marketing of banking and financial services.

Article D341-15

The rights of access and rectification provided for respectively in articles 39 and 40 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978 may be exercised with the Banque de France and the persons having app…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530 bis

…p and unbuilt properties, to council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not used as a main residence and to the business property tax, in proportion to the revenue that each of these tax…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-15

…on may be withdrawn or suspended by the authority that issued it if the layout, equipment, hygiene, maintenance or operating conditions are no longer appropriate to the nature of the research or compa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V BIS : General provisions

Article R249-15

The right to object provided for in

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-15

…rantee period is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for a natural person and 15,000 euros for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in Chapter II of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15

…members. Facts dating back more than six years may not be referred to the Enforcement Committee if, during this period, no action has been taken to investigate, establish or sanction them. The startin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-15

…emuneration provided for in the first paragraph shall be allocated to the commissaire à l'exécution du plan, under the same conditions, where the commissaire has submitted an application to the court…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-15

…of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication of the action taken on the procedure transmitted.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of the Assize Court hearing the appeal

Article 380-15

If the appeal has not been lodged within the time limits laid down by law or relates to a judgment that is not subject to appeal, the First President of the Court of Appeal or the President of the Cri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-15

…the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail and the Conseil national des opérations funéraires.If the deceased person is wearing a ba…

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