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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L1274-2

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in this Title shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-7

Corporate entities held criminally liable for the offences provided for in Articles L. 654-3 and L. 654-4 incur the following penalties: 1° A fine, in accordance with the terms set out in Article 131-…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-5-1

The federation shall submit the application for renewal of the approval to the Minister responsible for sport at least four months before the expiry date of the approval. The Minister ensures that the…

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

Article 212-10

Direct grants for the development of projects are awarded in addition to the selective grants awarded pursuant to article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers of the delegated federations

Article R131-35

The rules referred to in article R. 131-33 are issued in accordance with the procedure laid down in articles R. 142-8 to R. 142-11 and in compliance with the provisions of the last two paragraphs of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R17-4-1

Where judicial supervision includes the obligation set out in 8° of article 138, the provisions of articles R. 131-3 to R. 131-4-1 of the Penal Code are applicable. The certificate they contain serves…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-15

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence provided for in Article L. 572-13 of this Code are liable to :1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L2164-2

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in this Title shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-5-1

Nature of the assignment carried out Amount of the flat-rate indemnity per assignment (expressed in units of value) Amount natural persons Amount associations To proceed with the reminder of the oblig…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-3

A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the terms and conditions for applying articles L. 131-3-1 and L. 131-3-2. In particular, it defines the conditions under which a civil servant who is the author of a w…

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