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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16

…of Chapter II of this Title".III. - Chapter IX of Title I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

…le L. 411-7 of the Internal Security Code; 3° The civic reserve referred to in Article 1 of Law No. 2017-86 of 27 January 2017 on equality and citizenship, and the thematic reserves it comprises;4° Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article Annexe article A43-6-2

…ure of procedure and technique used Reference to the social security key letter (value as at 1 July 2017) (1) Coefficient Rounded metropolitan rate excl. VAT 1° Research and determination of ethanol i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…no. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, no. 2012-360 of 14 March 2012, no. 2016-273 of 4 March 2016, no. 2016-1537 of 16 November 2016 and no. 2017-631 of 25 April 2017, with the exception of articles R. 2141-3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-5

The following is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Carrying out an activity or using a process, device or substance prohibited under Article L. 1333-4 ; 2° Exposing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L910-1

Articles:1° L. 125-3, L. 126-1 ;2° L. 225-245-1, L. 229-1 to L. 229-15, L. 238-6, L. 244-5 and L. 252-1 to L. 252-13 ;3° L. 490-9;4° L. 522-1 to L. 522-40;4° bis. L. 621-4(last sentence of the first p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-14

…reason; 3° If he or she does not validate the additional traineeship provided for in Article R. 742-15-1. The trainee may be struck off the register by decision of the Conseil national des greffiers d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-42

…legality referred to in Article 128 of Directive (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council 2017/1132 of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of company law. The certificate of compliance shall be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-6-1

I.-The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, activities that have bee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-7-1

I.-The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 the activities that have…

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