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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-4

In order to be granted total or partial exemption from pecuniary penalties, the applicant must meet all of the following conditions: 1° The applicant must end its involvement in the prohibited practic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

I.-The Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall send a formal notice, by any means capable of establishing the date of receipt, to the following operators: 1° Operators and natural or leg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

Article R422-55-1

…dates and improves the knowledge required to practise his profession. The duration of continuing education is twenty hours over the course of a calendar year or forty hours over the course of two cons…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-5-4

…ed on the conditions for implementing the sentences handed down by the judicial authorities and the care of convicted persons by the prison and judicial youth protection services; 2° monitoring the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-2

…is placement in search of an assignment, the National Management Centre will draw up a personalised career development plan, the aim of which is to facilitate his assignment to a public health establi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-2

…ting to the identity as well as the address or successive addresses of the domicile and, where applicable, residences, of the persons who have been the subject of :1° A conviction, even if not yet fin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57-1

…vents within the meaning of Article L. 355-5: a) When a deviation from the group's minimum Solvency Capital Requirement is observed and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5-2

The professional practice standard relating to the communication of internal control weaknesses, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: COMMUNICATION OF INTERNAL CONTROL WEAKNESSES Intro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-5

…where at least one of the signatories fulfils the condition mentioned in b of this 2°. For the application of the first paragraph of this d, the shareholders' or partners' agreement must relate to at…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-1

…The following commitments may not be written down or converted, regardless of the legal regime applicable to them: 1° Covered deposits defined in application of 2° of article L. 312-16 or covered by a…

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