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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-13

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences provided for in articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-10 may be ordered, at their own expense, to remove from commercial channels the objects deemed to be infringi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-12-2

…l. The same applies in the cases provided for in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 2113-10, for the mayor of the former commune chef-lieu, for the mayors of the associated communes and for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Mutual credit

Article L512-55

The caisses de crédit mutuel are subject to the provisions of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and to those of this section. Their exclusive object is mutual credit.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-1

…management and supervisory body provided for in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, the written policies shall specify whether it is the responsibility of the Administ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article D351-2

…francs";4° The words: "3,000 euros" are replaced by the words: "358,000 CFP francs";5° The words: "10,000 euros" are replaced by the words: "1,193,400 CFP francs";6° The words: "in euros" are replace…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: National metrology and testing laboratory

Article R823-15

…and proceeds from their disposal;8° Income from publications;9° Income from donations and legacies;10° Financial income.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1735

…ade pursuant to Article L. 13 B of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application of a fine of €10,000 for each financial year covered by this request.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-20

The rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants and to certain district capitals with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants to take account, on the one hand, of the cost…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 739

…ially competent sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 712-10.During the probation period, the sentenced person must comply with all the supervision measures p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union rights and representativeness criteria

Article L6156-2

…public health establishments mentioned in Chapters I and II of this Title, which obtained at least 10% of the votes cast in their respective electoral college in the most recent elections to the High…

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