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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

…tion provided for by the applicable legislative or regulatory provisions, the Enforcement Committee may impose one or more of the following disciplinary sanctions, depending on the seriousness of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-14

…ere the receivership proceedings have been opened pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 626-27 and the debtor has transferred assets or rights into a fiduciary estate prior to the opening of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R721-9

…ng bans and new declarations of cheque payment incidents, pursuant to Articles L. 131-73 and R. 131-27 to R. 131-28, within two working days of receipt.Credit institutions located in Saint-Martin, Sai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Treatment of over-indebtedness and payment incidents

Article R721-28

…ng to the lifting and cancellation of cheque-writing bans pursuant to Articles L. 131-73 and R. 131-27 to R. 131-28, within two working days of receipt.Credit institutions located in New Caledonia, Fr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-7

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° A The first sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 412-6 is not applicable to the renewal of the residence permit of a foreigner in a state of po…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A sexies

…ticle 1518 A quinquies and of article 1499 in the wording applicable to the taxes due in respect of 2021.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Provisions common to industrial establishments and commercial premises

Article 1501 bis

…following definitions apply. For the purposes of this I, the valuation reference date is 1 January 2021 or, for assets created after this date, 1 January of the year in which they were created. II. I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41

…acts are to be carried out in a jurisdiction other than that of the tribunal de grande instance, he may ask the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to carry them out or to have them carrie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-23

…ot been convened within eighteen months of the presentation of the report, any employee shareholder may ask the President of the Court ruling in summary proceedings to enjoin the Board of Directors, s…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-15

…or licensed members of approved federations and national-level sportsmen and women.This information may be processed electronically by the Agency with a view to organising tests. It may be used for th…

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