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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

I. - No person may, directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or on behalf of another person, if he has been convicted within the last ten years of a final offence referred to in II: 1° Direct, manage…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-4

…t and second paragraphs of Article L. 221-24, of 5% if the delay is between ten and twenty days, of 10% if the delay is between twenty and thirty days, of 20% if the delay is between thirty and sixty…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 87-0 A

…e article L. 133-5-6 du code de la sécurité sociale, through the body mentioned in article L. 133-5-10 of the same code or, for employers referred to in article L. 7122-22 du code du travail, through…

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

Article 211-90

…ng for the deaf or hard of hearing of 12 December 2011 and those of the Audiodescription Charter of 10 December 2008.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-72

…ir implementation. In the case of a branch of a credit institution mentioned in I of Article L. 511-10, the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 shall transmit to the body of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-3

…not apply ;2° In article L. 1221-4, the last paragraph is not applicable.2° bis In Article L. 1221-10, the first paragraph, the third paragraph and the last paragraph do not apply and, in the penulti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-12

…in Article L. 432-2 of credit insurance risks under the conditions referred to in Article R. 442-8-10 is subject to the signature by this organisation and the credit insurer: 1° A reinsurance treaty…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1523

…he same applies to the occupants of temporary buildings erected pursuant to Ordinance no. 45-609 of 10 April 1945 relating to preliminary reconstruction work. The provisions of articles 1502 and 1508…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Foreign graduates working or employed by a young innovative company

Article D421-17

An innovative company, within the meaning of articles L. 421-9 and L. 421-10, a company that meets one of the following criteria:1° The company is or has been a beneficiary over the last five years of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article R531-18

…rovided for in article L. 531-20;2° The time limit provided for in article 9-4 of law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 relating to legal aid for applying for legal aid.Access to the sound recording referred…

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