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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-52

…eals Chamber considers raising one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to 4°, 7°, 10° and 11° of article 728-32 or 1° of Article 728-33, there is no need to inform the competent authority of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions

Article L361-1

…il 2015 on interchange fees for card-related payment transactions, detected pursuant to Article L. 511-7 of the French Consumer Code, are subject to an administrative fine that may not exceed the foll…

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

Article L533-30-14

…ionary pension benefits is made in the form of financial instruments mentioned in Article L. 533-30-11. Payment is deferred for five years from the date on which the individual leaves the investment f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Penalties.

Article R310-22

…a fifth-class fine.A repeat offence under this article is punishable in accordance witharticle 132-11 of the Criminal Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-9

…s referred to in Article L. 310-3-2, the mutual insurers and associations referred to inArticle L. 211-11 of the Mutual Code and the provident institutions and associations referred to inArticle L. 93…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

…visual works, direct allocations are granted in addition to the sums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021 for n…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R321-1

…rance for protected musical works are also subject to the provisions of articles R. 321-8 to R. 321-11.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-15

For the purposes of Article A. 132-11, the profit-sharing account includes an item entitled "Ceded reinsurance balance". Only risk reinsurance is taken into account, i.e. reinsurance in which the rein…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-2

The provision for forward guarantees referred to in 11° of article R. 343-3 is established for each allocation sub-account. Its amount is equal to the difference, when positive, between the present va…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments

Article L3334-6

…s and other voluntary payments and contributions from companies as provided for in articles L. 3332-11 to L. 3332-13 and L. 3334-10. In addition, if the plan rules so provide, companies may, even in t…

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