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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-3

…the obligations resulting from this article shall be punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal person.The maximum fine incurred is increa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2377

Other than those provided for by special laws, preferential claims on the generality of immovable property are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor to whom the lien is o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L930-1

…L. 145-38and L. 145-39; 2° Book II, with the exception of articles L. 225-245-1, L. 229-1 to L. 229-15, L. 238-6, L. 244-5 and L. 252-1 à L. 252-13; 3° Book III, with the exception of articles L. 310-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…gy Commission;12° L'Ecole des hautes études en santé publique ;13° L'Ecole nationale vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort ;14° L'Ecole nationale vétérinaire de Toulouse ;15° L'Ecole nationale vétérinaire, ag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial guarantee

Article R1333-162

I.-The supplier provides the financial guarantee provided for in Article L. 1333-15. The guarantee may be provided by the final holder if the latter is himself the beneficiary of a guarantee covering…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…at the appropriate level of responsibility, in accordance with the process defined by the entity. 15. In performing audit procedures in response to the risk of material misstatement relating to acco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 D

…f 1, sociétés unipersonnelles d'investissement à risque may grant current account advances of up to 15% of their gross book assets to the companies in which they have invested. They may also hold othe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Withholding taxes and levies on income from securities

Article 1678 quater

…from consignment accounts, specific deposits and consigned securities.Payment is made no later than 15 October.2. When the declaration is filed in January, the paying institution calculates the levies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article R546-3

…Article L. 612-41, or by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to a of III of Article L. 621-15. If the registered person can no longer prove that he meets the obligations required to carry out…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte.

Article R927-2

…Industry under the following conditions: "I. The electoral roll commission provided for in article 15 of Order no. 2005-43 of 20 January 2005 shall have the electoral cards drawn up by the Prefect an…

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