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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 13: Availability of spare parts for medical equipment

Article D224-45

Manufacturers, importers and distributors of sit-to-stand lifts shall ensure the availability of spare parts, in particular those listed as follows, for a minimum period of five years from the date on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Hallmarks

Article 524 bis

Exempt from the guarantee hallmark are: a) Articles made before 1838 and those made after that date already bearing former French guarantee hallmarks; b) Articles containing gold, silver or platinum a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I bis: Tax on the market value of real estate owned in France by legal entities

Article 990 D

Legal entities: legal persons, bodies, trusts or comparable institutions which, directly or through an interposed entity, own one or more properties located in France or are holders of real rights rel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1791 ter

The fine of €100 to €750 provided for in I of Article 1791 is set at €2,000 to €10,000 in the case of illicit manufacture, possession, sale or transport of tobacco. This fine is set at €100,000 to €50…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55

It is paid to each municipality with a casino governed by articles L. 321-1 et seq. of the Internal Security Code, or to each public establishment when it is delegating the public service delegation o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Coordinator's role

Article L633-3

Where it is designated as coordinator, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure, as part of the supplementary supervision : a) the coordination of the gathering and disseminat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and appointment of members

Article D1123-28

The National Commission for Research Involving the Human Person comprises twenty-two members appointed by order of the Minister for Health, including :1° Eight persons appointed from among the members…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article R225-169

If they represent at least one-twentieth of the share capital, shareholders may, in a common interest, instruct, at their own expense, one or more of them to represent them, in order to support, both…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-3

The board of directors, the management board or the managers of the companies referred to in article R. 232-2, as the case may be, draw up: 1° Semi-annually, within four months of the close of each ha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Authorisation for gendarmerie judicial police officers

Article R14

The request for authorisation is addressed to the public prosecutor at the court of appeal in whose jurisdiction the judicial police officer is first assigned. This request is forwarded by:a) The dire…

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