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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article R310-19

…rticle 131-13 of the Penal Code for fifth-class offences: 1° Failure to display the receipt for the declaration of the liquidation sale under the conditions provided for in article R. 310-4 ; 2° Failu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24-11

…ecurity interest shall be obtained by the person prosecuted on presentation of one of the following decisions that has acquired a final character attested by a copy, issued by the registry of the cour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-24

…carry out judicial police duties.It may contain personal data of the kind mentioned in I of article 8 of the law of 6 January 1978, solely in cases where this data results from the nature or circumsta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-5

…communications for which they are competent, the labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 and specially authorised for this purpose, under conditions specified by joint order of the M…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R1251-12

…unt of the guarantee is reviewed each year and may be revised at any time. It must not be less than 8% of sales, nor less than a minimum set each year by decree, taking into account average wage trend…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-26

…rsons cited in article R. 621-7and is the subject of the advertising provided for in Article R. 621-8.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings

Article R692-7

…shall notify the undertaking he proposes to give pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 to the debtor's known local creditors who have an establishment on national terri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-27

…nvironment Code. This fee varies depending on whether: 1° The facility or facilities are subject to declaration; 2° At least one of the classified facilities is subject to authorisation or registratio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-3

…tive pursuant to articles L. 3213-1 and L. 3213-7 of the Public Health Code with regard to a person declared criminally irresponsible due to a mental disorder. In particular, such hospitalisation may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Resources

Article R1418-29

In addition to the global grant provided for in Article L. 1418-7, the Agency's resources include : 1° Endowments, subsidies and other payments from public authorities and all national and internation…

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