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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains realised by companies

Article 248 E

…o in 1° of l'article 5 de la loi n° 86-793 du 2 juillet 1986 ou au titre IV de la loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 modifiée, la plus-value ou la moins-value résultant de l'échange n'est pas prise e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-10

…s or to convene them to any general meeting is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.Any manager of a payment institution, or any person in the service of the institution, who ob…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-8

…he French Criminal Code , reproduced below: "Is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros: 1° Importing or exporting gametes or germ tissue without having obtained the authorisa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article D443-4

…resulting from In Title I D. 414-1 D. 414-3 and D. 414-4 In Title II D. 421-16 to D. 421-20 D. 421-30 D. 421-32 D. 422-6 D. 422-10 D. 422-13 D. 426-12 In Title III D. 431-7 D. 431-19

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article D442-4

…resulting from In Title I D. 414-1 D. 414-3 and D. 414-4 In Title II D. 421-16 to D. 421-20 D. 421-30 D. 421-32 D. 422-6 D. 422-10 D. 422-13 D. 426-12 In Title III D. 431-7 D. 431-19

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Products suitable for inducing voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L5435-1

…or who do not themselves sell such devices is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.Natural and legal persons are also liable to the following penalties:1° Confiscation of the m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional representation

Article L7111-10

…into account for the measurement of the audience provided for in 3° of Article L. 2122-5, at least 30% of the votes cast in the college of journalists in favour of organisations recognised as represe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-6

Payments of individual allocations calculated for each municipality and each public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status in accordance with Article L. 2336-5 are made fr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594

…ons of this Code, and in particular Articles 62,63-1,102,114,121,272,279,344,393,407,535,695-27,695-30and 706-71, specified by the provisions of this chapter. This chapter also lays down the procedure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article A712-2

…the limits of the following scale: CATEGORY NUMBER OF RESIDENTS INDICATOR POINTS 1 less than 5,000 300 2 5,000 to 9,999 450 3 10,000 to 29,999 600 4 30,000 to 99,999 750 5 100,000 and over 900

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