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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-49

…150,000 euros. As additional penalties, guilty natural persons are also liable to a ban, in accordance with the terms set out in the Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, to hold a public office or to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L342-6

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 342-2 to L. 342-5 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-18

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 341-12 to L. 341-17 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 1…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: International trade mark

Article R717-1

…14-8 and R. 716-1 to R. 716-14 shall apply to international trademark registrations extended to France in accordance with the Madrid Agreement of 14 April 1891 and the Madrid Protocol of 27 June 1989,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Obligations of holders

Article 308

…sion, stating the number, nature and capacity of his apparatus or portions of apparatus. The appliances are, where applicable, hallmarked. The appliances must remain sealed during periods when they ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-15

The right of access to and rectification of the data mentioned in Article R. 2122-12, provided for in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals w…

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

Article R663-19

The liquidator appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 641-1 shall receive, for the whole of the judicial liquidation proceedings, the remuneration provided for in Article R. 663-18, as soo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to secure electronic devices enabling a dematerialised official report to be drawn up

Article A37-19-1

In the event of a claim brought before the competent court, the report drawn up with the device provided for in Article A. 37-19 is, at the request of the authority to which the complaint is made, pri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4216-2-3

A level of a workplace is exempt from the obligation to have safe waiting areas or equivalent spaces when it meets one of the following conditions: 1° It is located on the ground floor and has a suffi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-19

…blishments or organisations carrying out the activities mentioned in article R. 4211-16, with the exception, for gene therapy preparations, of the provisions concerning the Agence de la biomédecine. F…

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