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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article R1-1

I.-Any federation of associations referred to in the third paragraph of Article 2-15 may be registered with the Minister of Justice, in accordance with the procedures specified in II of this article,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R712-21

…mentation of the agreement on objectives and resources to the regional prefect and to CCI France by 15 May each year at the latest. The regional prefect sends this report, together with its opinion, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…as Articles 3 to 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, shall appl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

…e consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-3

For the application of articles L. 1226-15, L. 1234-9, L. 1235-3, L. 1235-3-1, L. 1235-11 and L. 1235-16 of the Labour Code, the determination of the indemnity payable by the employer does not take in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 M

…mentioned in article 881 H or per declaration or reloading agreement mentioned in article 881 I;b) €15 per write-off mentioned in article 881 J or by deed for the publications referred to in Article 8…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Obligations of the parties with regard to payment instruments

Article D133-3

…means made available to him by his payment service provider in accordance with II of Article L. 133-15 to inform him of the loss, theft or misappropriation of his payment instrument, the payment servi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-17

…hment of the regional development schemes provided for in articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 et L. 4433-16, the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit, under the condi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-2

…th the exception of those provided for in Article L. 612-14, the first paragraph of Articles L. 612-15 and L. 612-17 and articles L. 613-23 to L. 613-23-6. They are also applied to supplementary prote…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

…9° bis of the same Article L. 561-2;3° By the Minister for the Economy for the persons mentioned in 15° of the same article;4° By the Minister for the Economy or the Minister for the Budget for the pe…

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