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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-5

…provisions of the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 236-9 and articles L. 236-14 and L. 236-15 are applicable in the event of the formation of a European holding company.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

Article L362-1

…to an administrative fine not exceeding the following amounts: 1° €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person, in the case of breaches of Article 5(d)(3) and (8) of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-4

…for in Article L. 4532-16. A repeat offence is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. The court may also impose the penalties provided for in article L. 4741-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-6

…of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products, shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for: 1° Placing a cosmetic product on the market, whether free of charge or against pay…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

…and registered for more than three months as a job seeker, when recruitment took place after 9 June 1992 and before 28 May 2003;7° bis Termination of the employment contract of an employee who was ove…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 octies

…e of a transfer inter vivos that took place prior to the publication of the decree no. 61-856 of 31 July 1961, amending the decree no. 50-898 of 2 August 1950, the company will have opted, in accordan…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-2

…d period in the form of an association declared in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. The members of the professional league referred t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 677

…mercial Code, real estate contributions made to associations formed in accordance with the law of 1 July 1901 and Book I of Part Two of the Labour Code (professional trade unions) ; 4° Deeds recording…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1418

…of premises used for residential purposes are required to declare to the tax authorities, before 1 July each year, information relating to the nature of the occupation of these premises if they reser…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679 A

The payroll tax due by associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901, foundations recognised as being in the public interest, cancer centres mentioned in article L. 6162-1 of the Public Health Cod…

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