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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-40

The decrees mentioned in article D. 5424-39 set each year the rates of contributions to be paid by companies and the amount of the reserve fund intended to ensure the reimbursement of bad weather dail…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 76

Searches, home visits and seizures of exhibits or property whose confiscation is provided for in article 131-21 of the Penal Code may not be carried out without the express consent of the person at wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional ethics

Article L722-21

I. - Within two months of taking up their duties, the judges of the commercial courts shall submit a complete, accurate and sincere declaration of their interests: 1° To the president of the court, fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The commission for the examination of draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article R142-11

The Minister responsible for sport notifies the federation concerned of the opinion of the commission examining federal regulations relating to sports facilities, accompanied, where applicable, by the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-49

Failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 314-5 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros. As additional penalties, guilty natural persons are also liable to a ban, in accordance with the ter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L342-6

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 342-2 to L. 342-5 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-18

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 341-12 to L. 341-17 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-17

Where provided for by law, public proceedings are extinguished by payment of a fixed fine set by law, which may not exceed the amount provided for in the first paragraph of Article 131-13 of the Penal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Overall capital gains or losses

Article 223 D

The overall net long-term capital gain or loss is determined by the parent company by making the algebraic sum of the net long-term capital gains or losses of each of the companies in the group, deter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-149-3

The reports and formalities mentioned in Article L. 225-129-2, in the second paragraph of l'article L. 225-131, in 1° of Article L. 225-136, to the articles L. 225-138, L. 225-142 and L. 225-143, in t…

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