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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Foreign investment subject to authorisation

Article R151-14

The daily amount of a penalty payment ordered pursuant to article L. 151-3-1 may not exceed fifty thousand euros. Penalties are recovered in the same way as State debts other than taxes and property.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Foreign investment subject to authorisation

Article R151-13

When the Minister enjoins an investor, pursuant to 1° of I and II of Article L. 151-3-1, to submit an application in order to regularise its situation, the injunction shall specify the documents and i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APATRIDIA

Article L582-8

The judicial authority shall communicate to the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, on request or of its own motion, any information obtained in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New legislative part

Article liminaire

For the purposes of this code, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Consumer: any natural person who is acting for purposes that do not fall within the scope of his commercial, industrial, craft,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 723

Sales of new goods correlative to the transfer or contribution to a company of a business are exempt from any proportional registration duty when they give rise to the collection of value added tax or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-9

For the purposes of the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, opened for signature in New York on 12 January 1998, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid d…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REMISSION DECISION

Article L621-3

The provisions of article L. 621-2 when he has entered or stayed on French territory without complying with the stipulations of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 19, paragraph 1 of article 20, and paragra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REMISSION DECISION

Article L621-2

A decision may be taken to surrender to the competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-87

Direct subsidies are granted to delegated production companies for the creation of a digital subtitling file and a digital audio description file at the same time, and for the adaptation of these file…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-88

Works that meet the following conditions are eligible for direct subsidies for the creation of digital subtitling and audio description files: 1° Be French-initiated; 2° Have given rise to the issue o…

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