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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-15

…ing of terrorism.II. - By way of derogation from I, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall declare to the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 sums or transactions which they know, suspe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-6

…icated by insurance companies, via a dedicated dematerialised system, in compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. This system can…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-28

…out in articles L. 212-28 to L. 212-30 of the Code du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, included in the declaration of receipts referred to in 3° of article L. 212-32 of this code;3° Average sales are det…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-5

A fine of 15,000 euros shall be imposed:1° Carrying out a liquidation without the prior declaration mentioned in article L. 310-1 or in disregard of the conditions laid down in that article;2° Carryin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1458 bis

…tion companies and that qualify as specialist press distributors within the meaning of Article 2 of Decree No. 2011-1086 of 8 September 2011 instituting exceptional aid for specialist and independent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-3

…et or putting into service on French territory a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000: 1° Without the EU declarati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article R1121-1

…vely on the basis of the use of personal data processing mentioned in I of article 54 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended relating to information technology, files and freedoms and which fal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations of amending or supplementary registration.

Article R123-46

Sont soumis à l'obligation prévue à l'article R. 123-45 :1° Final decisions placing an adult under guardianship or trusteeship within the meaning of Article 440 of the Civil Code and those which relea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Associations

Article R121-3

…IA. 3;4° For a mission to implement one of the obligations of judicial supervision listed in 6° or 17° of article 138 :IA. 4 for the first six months of judicial supervision and IA. 5 per additional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-23

…1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, the person responsible for producing or distributing water is required to impleme…

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