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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

The public prosecutor or the judicial police officer or, under the latter's control, the judicial police officer or, in the case provided for in 3° of Article 21-3, the investigation assistant may, by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-26

I.-The possession, without a duly justified medical reason, of one or more prohibited substances or methods set by order of the Minister for Sport is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-6

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 441-3 to L. 441-5 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €75,000 for a natural person and €375,000 for a legal entity.The maximum fine incurred is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-4

I.-For agricultural products or food products comprising one or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article L4434-3

The allocation is made by the Regional Council under the conditions set out below: A. - Part of the proceeds of the tax is allocated to the regional budget. It comprises: 1° An amount equal to 10% of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Obligations of legal persons

Article 223 quinquies C

I. - 1. A declaration including a country-by-country breakdown of the group's profits and economic, accounting and tax aggregates, as well as information on the location and activity of the entities m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804

Infringements are punishable by a tax fine of €100 to €750, a penalty of between one and five times the value of the wine products to which the fraud relates, and confiscation of these products: - to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-2

The following is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros for a temporary employment contractor: 1° Recruiting a temporary employee by concluding a contract that does not contain the information specified…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-10

It is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros for any person:a) Unlawfully possessing, importing or exporting goods presented under an infringing trademark;b) Offering for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations.

Article L5426-1

I.-The act or attempt to distribute or transfer, free of charge or for a consideration, gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations without authorisation or when authorisation is…

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