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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A. - Reduction of the penalty in the event of voluntary payment.

Article D48-32

The reduction in the financial penalty provided for by Article D. 48-30 only applies in the event of simultaneous payment, within a period of one month, of the sum of money ordered as a sentence, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A. - Reduction of the penalty in the event of voluntary payment.

Article D48-31

The public prosecutor who enforces a financial penalty covered by Article D. 48-30 notifies the convicted person by registered letter that, if he or she pays the amount of this pecuniary penalty withi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A. - Reduction of the penalty in the event of voluntary payment.

Article D48-33

A statement of financial penalties is sent to the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance at the same time as the notice provided for in Article D. 48-31. These statements are…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Recovery of financial penalties by Treasury accountants.

Article D48-34

Articles 108 to 110 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management are applicable to foreign financial penalties.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mission of emergency medical services.

Article R6311-5

…t out in decrees no. 91-834 of 30 August 1991 relating to first-aid training, no. 92-514 of 12 June 1992 relating to the training of first-aid instructors and no. 92-1195 of 5 November 1992 relating t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-8

…ant to decisions of general meetings prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n° 2004-604 du 24 juin 2004 portant réforme du régime des valeurs mobilières émises par les sociétés commerciales e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L922-1

…15 mai 2001" are replaced by the words: "the date of publication of the l'ordonnance n° 2004-604 du 24 juin 2004 portant réforme du régime des valeurs mobilières émises par les sociétés commerciales e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-6

…29 June 2016 D. 314-22 and D. 314-23 Resulting from the decree no. 2022-894 of 15 June 2022 D. 314-24 to D. 314-26 Resulting from the décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016 D. 314-27 Resulting from the d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…138-4, L. 138-5 and L. 139-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1518 of 24 November 2021. Articles L. 211-3 and L. 211-8 are applicable in their wording resulting from Orde…

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