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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-31

Physical persons convicted of one of the offences punishable under articles L. 242-27 to L. 242-30 also incur, as additional penalties, the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-8

Natural persons convicted of the offences punishable under Articles L. 242-5 to L. 242-7-1 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures laid down in ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-2

…ally.III.-Articles L. 131-1 to L. 131-15, L. 131-31 to L. 131-37, the first paragraph of Article L. 131-38, Articles L. 131-39 to L. 131-46, L. 131-56 and L. 131-57, L. 131-59 and L. 131-60, L. 131-69…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-131

Notwithstanding articles L. 225-127 to L. 225-149-3 of the French Commercial Code, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Management Board of the SICAF may carry out a capital increase at any t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 211-131

Selective financial aid is awarded for the creation of original music specially intended for feature-length cinematographic works.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-131

The capital must be fully paid up before any issue of new shares to be paid up in cash. In addition, a capital increase by public offering, carried out less than two years after the incorporation of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the parties

Article 696-131

The victim may not bring a civil action in accordance with articles 87 and 89 that when one of the acts mentioned in the first paragraph of article 696-130 has been performed. The civil party has the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable before the Assize Court

Article 706-131

In application of Article 371 of this Code and in accordance with Article 414-3 of the Civil Code, the court, without the assistance of the jury, then rules on the claims for damages made by the civil…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-131

After passing one or more selection tests, the training leading to the common part of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés in the form of continuous assessment of knowledge takes place…

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