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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Trade secrets

Article L621-1

…attempting to reveal a manufacturing secret is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros. The court may also impose, as an additional penalty, for a period of up to five years,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L354-1

…f this chapter in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The words: "30,000 euros" are replaced by the words: "3,580,000 CFP francs"; 2° The words: "150,000 euros" are r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-41

Subject to the provisions of Articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32, the president of the chamber to which the case is distributed shall set the time limits within which the parties to the procee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-1

…e conditions set out in article L. 5143-9-1, is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros.A veterinary surgeon who runs an open pharmacy within the meaning of article L. 5143-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article R22-10-19

The publication referred to in Article L. 22-10-30 shall contain the following information: the name or corporate name of the person directly or indirectly concerned, the nature of his relationship wi…

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

Article R2336-3

The individual levies calculated for each municipality and each public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status in accordance with

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-33

…2 of the Penal Code, for the offences punishable by the provisions of articles L. 341-29 and L. 341-30 shall also incur, as additional penalties, the penalties provided for in 2° to 9° of article 131-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transfers of sums, securities or assets.

Article R152-6

I.-The declaration provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and the dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-14

…The tax is collected from 1 September of the year of taxation on the basis of declarations made by 30 June of the same year at the latest.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Powers exercised on behalf of the State.

Article R2122-11

…seful documents enabling this magistrate to ensure that the conditions laid down in article L. 2121-30-1 are fulfilled. The public prosecutor has two months in which to inform the mayor of his reasone…

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