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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Medical equipment

Article L242-47

Any breach of article L. 224-110 is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may not exceed €15,000 for a natural person and €75,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-47

Assets and liabilities not expressly allocated by the draft terms of cross-border division to one or other of the companies participating in the cross-border division shall be allocated, where the int…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-46

…France participates in a division with one or more companies falling within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 160b of Directive EU 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Acquiescence.

Article 408

Acquiescence to the claim entails recognition of the merits of the opponent's claims and waiver of the action.It is admitted only for rights of which the party has free disposal.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Acquiescence.

Article 409

Acquiescence in the judgment implies submission to the heads of the judgment and waiver of appeal unless, subsequently, another party regularly lodges an appeal.It is always admitted, unless otherwise…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Acquiescence.

Article 410

Acquiescence may be express or implied.Unreserved enforcement of an unenforceable judgment constitutes acquiescence, except in cases where acquiescence is not permitted.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The Principal State Prosecutor.

Article 422

The Public Prosecutor acts ex officio in the cases specified by law.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The Principal State Prosecutor.

Article 423

Except in these cases, he may act in defence of public order on the occasion of acts that undermine it.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-4

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 612-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résoluti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-40

Where they carry out other activities pursuant to Article L. 526-3, electronic money institutions shall prepare separate accounting information relating to the activities of issuing and managing elect…

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