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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-2

…heir functions or duties, under the conditions and subject to the penalties set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 57

…g of article 238-0 A. In the event of failure to respond to the request made pursuant to article L. 13 B of the Book of Tax Procedures or in the event of failure to produce or partial production of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.

Article R723-19

On the day of the vote count, the chairman of the committee provided for in article L. 723-13 prints the list of voters from the "voter file" processing. The chairman and one of the members of the com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses

Article L464-1

…nager, employee or agent of a clearing house is liable to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code for violating the professional secrecy established in Article L. 440-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National guarantee fund for agricultural disasters.

Article R431-38

For the application of 1° of article 13 of law no. 64-706 of 10 July 1964, the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance is responsible for compiling the statistics required to carry out the information and prev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning the Banque de France

Article L164-1

The penalties provided for in article 226-13 of the French Penal Code shall apply to any member of the General Council who violates the professional secrecy instituted by article L. 142-3, subject to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-2

…authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 shall provide the following documents to the Autorité des marchés financiers:1° The wri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Honorary professional journalist identity card

Article R7111-17

…y card may be cancelled in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 7111-12 and R. 7111-13 if the holder resumes work in the profession or if it is established that the card was issued on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-7

…2122-4 and L. 2122-7, in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2122-8 and article L. 2122-13, apply to the election of the chairman of the trade union commission. The chairman's term of offi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L5211-59

…ions contributing to the exercise of this jurisdiction under the conditions laid down in article L. 132-13 of the Internal Security Code.

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