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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-137

The division of a mortgage, in the case of the division of a building company or the sale of dwellings belonging to the same property complex (number 124 in table 5) gives rise to the levying of a fee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial provisions

Article L4414-7

…a fraction of the annual tax on office premises, commercial premises and storage premises, governed by article 231 ter of the General Tax Code, is allocated to the Ile-de-France region. This fraction…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D621-28

The rate of contributions due under II of Article L. 621-5-3 is set :1° For the public offers mentioned in 1°, at 0.30 per thousand of the value of the financial instruments purchased, exchanged, pres…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties

Article L1152-2

…ose a financial penalty on a professional who has carried out an activity for aesthetic purposes in breach of the provisions of articles L. 1151-2 or L. 1151-3 and, where applicable, on a legal entity…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-8

For the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-5, offering or providing benefits in cash or in kind, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, to the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-4, subjec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial company

Article L247-7

It is punishable by a fine of €150,000 for a liquidator in the judicial liquidation of a company to: 1° Failing to deposit in an account opened in a credit institution in the name of the company in li…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-2-1

Failure by the importer or distributor of a device to immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-6

The fact that the manufacturer of a medical device or its accessories or its agent, or a distributor or importer of medical devices or their accessories, carries out, causes to be carried out, dissemi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-2-1

Failure by the importer or distributor of a device to immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 202 quater

I. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 202, where a taxpayer liable for tax under the conditions provided for in 1 of that Article becomes, in order to carry on his profession, a partner in a…

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